Posts Tagged ‘Dreamliner’
Japan 787 Battery Investigators Look At Latest Incident
Japanese investigators probing a lithium-ion battery meltdown on a Boeing 787 a year ago are looking at a battery that overheated on a Dreamliner in Tokyo this month to help unlock the cause of the earlier fire, an offic...
Lion Air Orders CFM Engines, Cancels 787s
Indonesia’s Lion Air said on Monday it had purchased CFM International engines worth USD$1.2 billion for 60 new Airbus A320s on order as the budget carrier goes on a shopping spree to boost capacity in Southeast As...
Boeing ‘Not Satisfied’ With 787 Reliability
The reliability of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner is improving but is still not satisfactory, Mike Fleming, Boeing’s vice president for 787 support and services said on Friday. The Dreamliner’s reliability rat...
Boeing 787 Investigators Studying Battery X-rays
Investigators in Japan are studying x-ray images of a lithium-ion battery from when it left the factory, hoping these may shed some light on why it appeared to overheat on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner earlier this week. They ...
JAL Grounds Boeing 787 After Battery Problem
Japan Airlines has temporarily grounded one of its Boeing 787 Dreamliners at Tokyo’s Narita Airport after white smoke was spotted outside the aircraft and a battery cell showed clear signs of leaking. The incident raised ...
Boeing Close To 10-A-Month Goal For 787
Boeing is close to meeting its production target of building 10 787 Dreamliners a month, a senior Boeing executive said on Thursday. “It’s the fastest we’ve ever gone on any airplane,” said Jack Jones, v...
