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Debris from a brand new Boeing 787 Dreamliner's engine fell onto the runway and into the grass at Charleston International Airport Saturday afternoon, sparking a fire, shutting down the airport and diverting flights for more than an hour.
A 787 experienced an engine issue today while undergoing preflight runway testing in North Charleston, Boeing SC spokeswoman Candy Eslinger said Saturday night.
The gravity of the mishap spurred an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board, Eslinger added.
After the investigation, we will determine what went wrong and come up with a remedy, she said.
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http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20120729/PC16/120729133/1165/boeing-dreamliner-mishap-prompts-airport-runway-closure-flight-delays
msongs
(67,193 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)This sounds like a level one commercial response.
And indeed they do, shared with the AF base.
BlueToTheBone
(3,747 posts)guys who don't contribute to society? Nah! Who needs them?
dballance
(5,756 posts)I think things transpired just as they should have. The plane was being tested and some defect must have caused the incident. That's why they test them like this. To ferret out any defects on the ground before they release them to be put into the air.
Thank goodness they get to find out what happened this way rather than trying to reassemble the plane after a crash and loss of life.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)hack89
(39,171 posts)kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)Not sure why. It's not like it's ever happened before.