The fuel AD. Not to be associated with this electrical issue and emergency landing. issued today, I believe.
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[4910-13-P]
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 39
[Docket No. FAA-2012-1220; Directorate Identifier 2012-NM-208-AD; Amendment 39-17277; AD 2012-24-07]
RIN 2120-AA64
Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Final rule; request for comments.
SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 787-8 airplanes. This AD requires ensuring that lockwire is installed correctly on the engine fuel feed manifold couplings. This AD also requires inspecting the assembly of the engine fuel feed manifold rigid and full flexible couplings. This AD was prompted by reports of fuel leaks due to improperly assembled engine fuel feed manifold couplings. We are issuing this AD to detect and correct improperly assembled couplings, which could result in fuel leaks and consequent fuel exhaustion, engine power loss or shutdown, or leaks on hot engine parts that could lead to fire.
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The public report is that a generator failed. That is not cute, but machinery can go south. The troubling, no disturbing thing is that the load failed to re distribute, and the a/c was without power, causing an emergency landing. The selection of Louisiana is a mystery, if not an extreme emergency, why not return?
Losing a generator is not entirely unlike losing any part of a redundant system. Even an engine. Losing an engine on a twin is quite manageable, it better be.
One is not able to "err on the side of safety" and land immediately on routes this a/c is proposed to serve, this is not flight test. Reports of "Smoke", "Dripping plastic", and "aft electrical equipment bay" indicate an urgent need to stop the flight and land. There are three of these a/c in service. AD, and an unrelated emergency landing. Now an opportunity to vet a Public Relations effort.
Hi TURIN "There are three of these in service." (with UNITED)
....my bad
Last edited by Lyman; 9th Dec 2012 at 18:26.