Three 787 Dreamliners operated by United Airlines suffered mechanical errors resulting in aborted flights within the last six days – the latest problems to plague Boeing’s next generation passenger jet.
According to the Associated Press, a Dreamliner traveling from Houston to Denver on Sunday had to return to its originating airport shortly after takeoff due to a brake indicator issue. Two days earlier, a Dreamliner traveling from London to Houston had to land in Newark due to an engine oil issue. Two days before that, a Dreamliner traveling from Denver to Tokyo had to land in Seattle due to an oil filter issue.
Obviously none of these problems are as serious as the lithium battery problems which resulted in the entire Dreamliner fleet being grounded from January through April of this year. The company never figured out what caused its batteries to catch fire, but it devised a solution to future conflagrations which satisfied the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Even before the grounding, Boeing was facing immense pressure to turn a profit on the plane. Originally scheduled for delivery in May of 2008, numerous design, supply and delivery problems pushed Dreamliner’s deadline back more than three years – causing numerous cancellations.
The latest Dreamliner glitches don’t sound like much (in fact they could be nothing but a trio of faulty indicator lights), but even minor problems are amplified given the troubled past this aircraft has had.
Boeing makes 787s in Everett, Washington and in North Charleston, S.C. In fact South Carolina taxpayers have shelled out more than $1 billion in taxpayer subsidized incentives to “land” Boeing’s business. S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley is the company’s biggest cheerleader, referring to 787s as “Mack Daddy Planes.”
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Recent intelligence ops. in that state to the south suggest….do not hire people nicknamed Bubba.
What about Cletus and Jeb?
Or nicknames (these are real!) like Tater, Homebrew, and Popcorn – and a sexy gal known as Tits.
Recent intelligence ops. in that state to the south suggest….do not hire people nicknamed Bubba.
What about Cletus and Jeb?
Or nicknames (these are real!) like Tater, Homebrew, and Popcorn – and a sexy gal known as Tits.
Everett planes? I think the SC planes went to Air India
Everett planes? I think the SC planes went to Air India
Dreamliners Still Glitching
And FITS Still Bitching…….
That’s pretty good, T. Nicely done.
I am wondering why they would return to the airport to land with braking issues with a plane that is full of fuel and much heavier than it will be when it lands in Denver?
Good catch! Maybe it is just protocol? Makes no sense though.
I thought the procedure was to dump fuel somewhere not harmful (?) or fly around to use it up. However, perhaps the braking problem may not have seemed too severe a danger.
I am wondering why they would return to the airport to land with braking issues with a plane that is full of fuel and much heavier than it will be when it lands in Denver?
Good catch! Maybe it is just protocol? Makes no sense though.
I thought the procedure was to dump fuel somewhere not harmful (?) or fly around to use it up. However, perhaps the braking problem may not have seemed too severe a danger.
Why do we hear every minor glitch with the Dreamliner, but no one mentions the problems Airbus is having? Can you imagine the media coverage we would get if the Dreamliner had an engine explode on takeoff like this Airbus: http://gizmodo.com/holy-crap-its-good-this-airplane-wasnt-flying-when-it-570062797
Yikes. That explosion didn’t look extremely bad, but yeah, wouldn’t want to have to do an emergency landing like that.
Because Sic Willie is anti Boeing.
Why do we hear every minor glitch with the Dreamliner, but no one mentions the problems Airbus is having? Can you imagine the media coverage we would get if the Dreamliner had an engine explode on takeoff like this Airbus: http://gizmodo.com/holy-crap-its-good-this-airplane-wasnt-flying-when-it-570062797
Yikes. That explosion didn’t look extremely bad, but yeah, wouldn’t want to have to do an emergency landing like that.
Because Sic Willie is anti Boeing.
“conflagrations” Much like Sic Willie’s overuse of “scandal”, this word indicates “great and destructive fire”. Did that happen with the battery fires? Of course not.
“conflagrations” Much like Sic Willie’s overuse of “scandal”, this word indicates “great and destructive fire”. Did that happen with the battery fires? Of course not.
Sic Willie says that Boeing has had “numerous cancellations” for 787s. Maybe so, but per the MSM their order book stands at 900 after the Paris air show. Typical Sic Willie. Only half a story.
Sic Willie says that Boeing has had “numerous cancellations” for 787s. Maybe so, but per the MSM their order book stands at 900 after the Paris air show. Typical Sic Willie. Only half a story.
Still problems only with the union built Dreamliners… is there a connection?
Still problems only with the union built Dreamliners… is there a connection?