Archive for November, 2010
Singapore Airlines Flying More Boeing Jets To Make Up For Grounded A380
Singapore Airlines is using more Boeing 747-400 and 777 jets to maintain its schedule after the grounding of the airline’s A380 fleet. Singapore grounded its fleet of Airbus A380s after the un-contained failure of a Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine on a Qantas A380 on a flight from Indonesia to Sydney. The engine disintegrated in flight [...]
Boeing Still Investigating Dreamliner Fire, Bringing Other 787s Home
Boeing is still investigating the cause of the fire that caused an emergency landing of Dreamliner No.2 in Laredo, Texas last week. There is no timetable for the resumption of test flights; however, other 787 test planes took to the air today. The first 787, ZA001, took off from Rapid City, SD today for [...]
FAA Halts 787 Dreamliner Certification Testing
The FAA has halted certification testing of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner until the cause of the fire that forced the emergency landing of plane no. 2 can be determined. Dreamliner No. 2, in All Nippon Airways livery, made an emergency landing in Laredo, Texas earlier this week after a fire broke out in the aft [...]
Boeing Posts Statement Regarding 787 Dreamliner Incident In Laredo
Boeing has posted a press release regarding the emergency landing of Dreamliner No. 2 in Laredo, Texas. According to the statement, the plane lost primary electrical power which necessitated the use of emergency systems including the deployment of the Ram Air Turbine (RAT) in order to complete a safe landing. Boeing is continuing to [...]
Boeing Suspends All 787 Dreamliner Test Flights
Boeing has suspended all 787 test flights after Dreamliner No.2 made an emergency landing in Laredo, Texas yesterday. Dreamliner No. 2 was on approach to Laredo, when smoke was discovered in the main cabin. The plane landed safely after the Ram Air Turbine automatically deployed so assist with power systems. The crew evacuated using [...]
News Report On Boeing 787 Dreamliner Incident Today
Here is a news report from KING5.com on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner emergency landing in Laredo today.
Electrical Fire On 787 Dreamliner No. 2
UPDATE: A serious in-flight fire in the electrical bay of Boeing 787 Dreamliner No. 2 caused an emergency landing in Laredo, Texas today. The plane was on a test flight with about 30 to 40 people aboard all of whom evacuated safely using emergency slides. The fire caused a disruption in cockpit flight [...]
Boeing 787 Dreamliner Test Flight Makes Emergency Landing In Laredo
Boeing’s Dreamliner No. 2 had to make an emergency landing in Laredo, Texas after smoke was reported in the back of the cabin. The Boeing 787 test crew evacuated using emergency slides after landing in Laredo. The test 787 flight originated in Yuma, Arizona on a hot weather test to evaluate the nitrogen generating system in [...]
Qantas Keeps A380s Grounded After Oil Leaks Found In Three Additional Engines
The problems for Rolls-Royce continues after Qantas found oil leaks in three additional Airbus A380 Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines. A Qantas A380 experienced an un-contained failure in its No. 2 Trent 900 engine on a flight from Singapore to Sydney on November 4, 2010. The Qantas A380 landed safely after the engine ripped apart [...]
Boeing Has Resumed 787 Dreamliner Subassembly Deliveries
Boeing has resumed 787 Dreamliner subassembly deliveries after a two week pause. Boeing had stopped shipments of parts throughout the global supply chain to give Alenia in Italy time to catch up with quality issues related to the Dreamliner’s horizontal tail. Boeing 747-LCF Dreamlifters should be a more frequent sight in the sky above Charleston [...]
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