Sunday, September 28, 2014

The End of the Dreamliner for Air India ?

India’s controversial airlines, Air India which has been hogging headlines in the last few years, is fighting debt mounting to almost 40,000 crore
rupees. What has definitely not helped its case is the snag filled Dreamliners in its fleet. Boeing and Air India signed a deal for the commercial plane
Boeing 787, aka the Dreamliner, a high-tech jet largely made of carbon-fiber composite that was supposed to cut fuel consumption.
Since its induction, The Dreamliner has given nightmares to the passengers and Air India alike. It has experienced 44 major engineering snags
and a total of 136 ‘minor’ technical problems, since 2012. There have been nine equipment failures, seven counts of flight control issues, four problems with navigational aid and three windshield cracks. In 2014 till February 24th alone there have been 13 such snags. None of these problems are linked to the jetliner’s lithium-ion batteries that overheated and prompted the U.S.
Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, to temporarily cancel 787 services worldwide in January 2013 for four months. All over the world, Boeing is battling service issues and snahs though common for a new aircraft, it is still beginning to drown the Airlines.
29/09/14 New Delhi Times
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