After four months deliveries have resumed today at the congested Boeing 787 Dreamliner centre at Everett.
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NTSB caught out over ‘urgent’ 787 battery scans
The earlier Plane Talking story about the NTSB ordering ‘urgent’ 787 battery scans turns out to have been a misleading statement and an abuse of process by the US safety investigator.
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Urgent Dreamliner battery scans ordered
Update This post was based on what has now been admitted by the NTSB to have been a misleading docket. A new post dealing with the NTSB’s dishonest abuse of language and process has been posted here.
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Boeing apologises to Japan, JAL plans Sydney 787
Japan has seen a massive apology campaign by Boeing over the 787 groundings appear in its newspapers as Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways firm up on their plans for a full return to service by their Dreamliners.
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Should Qantas insist on recertified 787s? Updated
There are airlines that press on regardless and play the roll of the dice when it comes to significant doubts about safety issues, and there are those that say “Not with our passengers.”
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Dreamliner 787: Why it must be recertified
This brings aviation to a very unwelcome place. The Boeing 787′s certification is deficient because it doesn’t even meet Boeing’s own standards for the use of lithium-ion technology by the aviation industry at large.
READ MOREFAA exposed as captive and incompetent over 787 safety
Let’s be frank about the just completed two day NTSB hearing in Washington DC which looked at how the FAA certified the Boeing 787 Dreamliner as safe. Based on the disclosures admitted in the hearings, the FAA was captive to Boeing’s wishes, failed to do its job in a safe and professional manner, and foisted [...]
READ MOREDreamliner to fly 200 times before taking pax: ANA
Updated with Japan Transport Ministry statement on delayed return to service All Nippon Airways, the Boeing 787 launch customer, is refusing to restart passenger flights until it flies the jet 200 times on test runs with the new ‘super fire box’ fitted.
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Dreamliner 787 super fire boxes approved
As expected the FAA has approved the super fix box solution to the battery problems of unknown cause on grounded Boeing 787 Dreamliners, and outlined the steps airlines and other national safety regulators will need to take for flights to resume.
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Dreamliner 787 to resume flights soon, US reports
There are consistent reports in the US that the FAA is about to lift the orders that grounded the Dreamliners three months ago after lithium ion battery failures in a Japan Airlines and an All Nippon Airways 787.
READ MOREDreamliner 787s: FAA says not considering extended ETOPS
The latest FAA guidance on the Dreamliner 787 situation says that no matter what it does and when about the current grounding order, it is no longer considering a Boeing request to extended its ETOPS rating from 180 minutes to 330 minutes.
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China Southern may also have a 787 surprise for Australia
With the very well informed speculation about China Southern bringing an A380 service to Sydney resurfacing, it is worth keeping in mind that it could also surprise with Dreamliner 787s to Australia this year.
READ MOREDreamliner delays: When will Boeing stop talking cr*p?
The 787 has to work as advertised. The lies have to be made into truths. Airlines like Qantas have no practicable alternative to the game changing hucksters coming up with the goods, but all the promises of this February and March have not come true.
READ MOREDreamliner 787 gets further battery testing in Japan
In a surprising omission, the mainstream western media is ignoring Japan’s determination to follow no-one when it comes to establishing the safety of Boeing 787 Dreamliners.
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Boeing 787 battery flight means it’s now all up to FAA
Qantas-to-Boeing: Waiting, waiting, waiting for Jetstar 787 delivery date
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