Posts Tagged ‘Dreamliner’
Boeing Plans First 787-9 Flight Next Week
Boeing plans to make the first flight of the 787-9 next week, a stretch version of its high-tech Dreamliner, according to two people familiar with the plans. The flight, a key milestone in development of a longer version...
Norwegian Air Has Problem With Second 787
Norwegian Air Shuttle has experienced its second technical problem with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner within a week and is frustrated with the time taken to resolve these issues, it said on Monday. Budget airline Norwegian was...
Faulty 787 Fire Extinguisher Traced To Supplier
Boeing has traced the incorrectly assembled engine fire extinguishers on 787 Dreamliners to the manufacturing of bottles at a supplier’s facility while saying there were no risks to flight safety, the Wall Street J...
ANA Finds Faulty Wiring On 787 Fire Extinguishers
All Nippon Airways said it had found an electrical wiring problem in the fire extinguishers of the engines of three of its Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets. The problem was first discovered during pre-flight maintenance of a 7...
FAA Says Remove Or Inspect 787 ELT Beacons
The US Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday instructed airlines to remove or inspect emergency beacons in Boeing 787 Dreamliners, following a fire earlier this month that was traced to one of the Honeywell units. ...
ANA Removes Locator Beacons From Domestic 787s
All Nippon Airways, which operates the biggest fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners, said it is removing locator beacons from eight of the jets used on domestic routes after investigators in Britain identified the device as t...
