Hi all, just wanted to drop a line in to everyone talking about the 787 issues, as we've just returned to the UK after being denied the 787 twice
We were due to fly 787 MAN - SFB on 26th July (TOM144), we arrived only to find a letter from Tompson saying the dreamliner is not in service due to technical issues, and we were being flown out on a standard 767 (G-OBYG to be specific) a stock standard 2-4-2 layout aircraft no premium section. (We were supposed to be in premium for the wider seats as im a little cramped in standard seats being over 6ft tall!)
The flightcrew seemed to say that the plane was currently stranded in Dominican republic and has been there for >24 hours. Disappointed we hoped to be returning on the 787.
However on the 9th August we arrived aft SFB only to be told again were on a downgraded aircraft, no shock to find G-OBYG waiting for us on the tarmac!
Using flightradar24 we narrowed down the "problem" to G-TUIE as this was the only dreamliner with little history, which lead to a little googling and lead me to here.
Thompson would say nothing more about the flight and the check-in / flight crew of our flight back (TOM145) seemed to know nothing about the fact that this was the 2nd time we'd been denied.
I was hoping to see what grounded the TUIE before we flew on the 26th July, since it seems engine troubles lead to the 30th July issues, and again on the 5th,
Can anyone out there find anything or purhaps know something?