Boeing 787 Dreamliner Fire Probed, Blaze Adds to Setbacks

[marmar]

(Bloomberg) U.S. officials are investigating a fire on a Boeing Co. (BA) 787 Dreamliner in Boston after a Japan Airlines Co. (9201) flight from Tokyo, the latest setback for the jet following electrical faults on other planes last month.

Flames about two feet (0.6 meter) high shot out of an avionics compartment in the jet’s belly, and there was a small explosion afterward, Massachusetts Port Authority Fire Chief Robert Donahue said today in an interview. No passengers were aboard as the plane sat at a Logan International Airport gate.

Boeing’s newest model has been plagued by incidents since it entered commercial service in late 2011 and suffered an electrical fire that grounded the test fleet in 2010. The Dreamliner is the first jet with a fuselage made chiefly of composite materials instead of aluminum and has more electrically operated systems than other airliners.

“Anything that involves a fire does not get the luxury of being called a teething problem,” Carter Leake, an analyst at BB&T Capital Markets in Richmond, Virginia, said by telephone. “Boeing needs to get ahead of this quickly, because now you run the risk of getting into a passenger aversion issue.” ..................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-07/boeing-787-damaged-in-fire-while-on-ground-in-boston.html

[Turbineguy]

1. Yeah

Boeing Management sure saved a shitload of money fucking over the Unions!

[RomneyLies]

2. See what scab labor results in? n/t

[A HERETIC I AM]

4. Bollocks.

This is a design/engineering flaw and has nothing to do with the labor force, scab
or otherwise.

[benld74]

3. That wasn't a fire, THAT was the last minute fireplace feature the users wanted! nt