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Another 787 in Emergency Landing |
2013-01-16 |
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by All Nippon Airways Co. made an emergency landing Wednesday, prompting a voluntary grounding of Japan's two Dreamliner fleets and an expanded investigation into the technical problems affecting the aircraft. Alarms indicated smoke in the forward area of the plane, which houses batteries and other equipment, the airline said, and there was a "burning-like smell" in the cockpit and parts of the cabin. The plane landed at Takamatsu airport in western Japan, where the 129 passengers were evacuated using the plane's emergency chutes. The plane also carried eight crew members. |
Posted by:Bright Pebbles |
#5 I suspect a falling mass of carbon, but due to catastophic structural failure to undetected subsurface delaminations in the carbon fiber plies. They need to rename this thing, but 'Edsel' has already been used. |
Posted by: USN, Ret 2013-01-16 19:20 |
#4 It's a lemon. Overly complex and a few steps too far. Won't be long before one of these things falls out of the sky a burning mass of carbon fiber. |
Posted by: Secret Asian Man 2013-01-16 18:47 |
#3 at least something works Unless it was the alarm system that caught fire. |
Posted by: SteveS 2013-01-16 12:23 |
#2 Are they just getting a few kinks out or is this thing a lemon? |
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-01-16 12:21 |
#1 Well at least something works as it should on the plastic POS. |
Posted by: USN, Ret., from Nashville,TN 2013-01-16 10:46 |