FIRE broke out on a Japan Airlines' Boeing
787 Dreamliner after it landed at Boston's Logan Airport, the latest in a
serious of problem including electrical problems and fuel leaks.
The fire, which took 40 minutes to extinguish, began after a battery in the aircraft's auxiliary power system overheated on Monday January 7, said CNBC News.
Smoke was first reported by maintenance and cleaning crews on the plane, after passengers had disembarked following a nonstop flight from Tokyo.
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said it found that an auxiliary power unit battery had severe fire damage, and heat damage was found near the unit in the rear electronics bay.
The news comes after a mechanical problem forced a new B787 made an unscheduled landing when a United flight from Houston bound for Newark had to put down in New Orleans last November. Qatar Airways also grounded a 787 Dreamliner because of electrical problems, according to reports.
Then another Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by Japan Airlines had to return to the gate at Logan field, cancelling its scheduled takeoff. The leak occurred on a different plane than the one that experienced the fire at Logan, said Richard Walsh, a Massport spokesman. Japan Airlines also operated that plane.
In Tuesday's incident, the plane had left the gate in preparation for takeoff on a flight to Tokyo when the fuel spill of about 40 gallons was discovered, Mr Walsh said.
The 787 is Boeing's newest plane, first was delivered in late 2011. In November 2010, a test flight had to make an emergency landing after an in-flight electrical fire. The fire delayed flight tests for several weeks while Boeing investigated.
Last month, a United Airlines 787 flying from Houston to Newark diverted to New Orleans because of an electrical problem with a power distribution panel.
The fire, which took 40 minutes to extinguish, began after a battery in the aircraft's auxiliary power system overheated on Monday January 7, said CNBC News.
Smoke was first reported by maintenance and cleaning crews on the plane, after passengers had disembarked following a nonstop flight from Tokyo.
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said it found that an auxiliary power unit battery had severe fire damage, and heat damage was found near the unit in the rear electronics bay.
The news comes after a mechanical problem forced a new B787 made an unscheduled landing when a United flight from Houston bound for Newark had to put down in New Orleans last November. Qatar Airways also grounded a 787 Dreamliner because of electrical problems, according to reports.
Then another Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by Japan Airlines had to return to the gate at Logan field, cancelling its scheduled takeoff. The leak occurred on a different plane than the one that experienced the fire at Logan, said Richard Walsh, a Massport spokesman. Japan Airlines also operated that plane.
In Tuesday's incident, the plane had left the gate in preparation for takeoff on a flight to Tokyo when the fuel spill of about 40 gallons was discovered, Mr Walsh said.
The 787 is Boeing's newest plane, first was delivered in late 2011. In November 2010, a test flight had to make an emergency landing after an in-flight electrical fire. The fire delayed flight tests for several weeks while Boeing investigated.
Last month, a United Airlines 787 flying from Houston to Newark diverted to New Orleans because of an electrical problem with a power distribution panel.
Source : HKSG.
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