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Dreamliners - SNL 824 - 19/12/2012 21:17
I saw my first B787 today - LOT SP-LRA at Warsaw. Not quite sure what to make of it. I guess it's all about the technology, but it just looks a bit like a slightly out of shape 767. However it was getting a reasonable amount of attention from passengers in the airport. I think so far this is the only one delivered to LOT.
RE: Dreamliners - SNL 824 - 10/01/2013 02:15
Seems like there are some "teething" issues with the 787. There were a couple of incidents before xmas and three more this week including a fuel leak and battery fire on separate aircraft.
RE: Dreamliners - wirralbus - 10/01/2013 07:49
All new airplane seem to have these teething difficulties , didnt the A380 have problems to start with , then a major problem with cracks in there wings , it seems the B787 is going down something similar.
RE: Dreamliners - SNL 824 - 10/01/2013 17:07
the problem here is that Boeing to date have been unable to identify root cause so can't disprove linkage of the problems. You're absolutely right - these sort of issues are not uncommon with new aicraft designs. Personally though I'm in no rush to try one out. Particularly fortunate the fire occurred shortly after landing - not in the air!
RE: Dreamliners - wirralbus - 16/01/2013 02:26
ANA have grounded there entire fleet of dreamliners which amounts to 17 examples due to a battery malfunction , which happened in flight .
I now wonder whether this will get the FAA of America to re look at the problems with the Boeing 787 , this is fast becoming a major problem for Boeing , every further incident is pushing airlines towards Airbus.
RE: Dreamliners - SNL 824 - 16/01/2013 12:38
(16/01/2013 02:26)wirralbus Wrote: ANA have grounded there entire fleet of dreamliners which amounts to 17 examples due to a battery malfunction , which happened in flight .
I now wonder whether this will get the FAA of America to re look at the problems with the Boeing 787 , this is fast becoming a major problem for Boeing , every further incident is pushing airlines towards Airbus.
Both major Japanese airlines have now grounded their 787 fleets. This latest battery problem led to a full scale emergency landing.
I have a longhaul on Friday - it's a 747 - glad it's not a Dreamliner!
RE: Dreamliners - wirralbus - 16/01/2013 14:27
At the moment you could call a dreamliner a nightmareliner
RE: Dreamliners - SNL 824 - 16/01/2013 16:27
(16/01/2013 14:27)wirralbus Wrote: At the moment you could call a dreamliner a nightmareliner
Too damn right - as either a passenger or a Boeing shareholder.
RE: Dreamliners - 507 mad - 16/01/2013 19:43
this urgently needs sorting, the keenliner, its keen to cause a problem.
how though
RE: Dreamliners - wirralbus - 16/01/2013 19:57
Boeing need to get a grip before the FAA ground all the Boeing 787's , effectively when that happens im sure the airline companies will bail out of existing and new orders .
Boeing will be keeping there fingers tightly crossed no more planes develop faults that require Emergency landings .