787 Lemon

[Goddamnslacker]

Boeing seems to be suffering the outsourcing nightmare that all airline CEO and Executives think is the best for their bonuses!

All Nippon Airways is planning to temporarily ground some of its Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets to replace faulty engine components.

ANA officials say Boeing found poor-quality engine parts in 5 of the airline's fleet and that corrosion may possibly cause engine failure.

The company says it hasn't experienced any trouble with the aircraft so far, but it decided to take precautions by grounding the 5 planes and replacing their parts.

ANA cancelled 2 flights departing from Tokyo's Haneda airport on Saturday.

All Nippon Airways was the world's first airline to put the state-of-the art aircraft into service last November. It currently operates eleven 787s.

[flying-spike]

Am I mistaken or don't all the aircraft manufacturers outsource provision of engines?

[600ft-lb]

It's a new aircraft, new engines. They all have issues, like the A380, A330, 747, 767, 737. Don't know that this thread belongs here though.

[denabol]

Maybe this is what makes it relevant if Plane Talking is right.

The relevance of this in Australia is that Qantas has 15 of the model currently in production, the 787-8, in its order for 50 Dreamliners, the balance being -9s, which is the model said to be variously in final design tweaking or moving toward first flight at a date unknown for delivery to launch customer Air New Zealand in mid 2014.
The Qantas jets, the first of which will go to Jetstar some time late next year, use the alternative engine from GE. It would be fair to say that under current Qantas guidance, its immediate flight renewal strategy is completely at the mercy of 787 deliveries meeting all specifications without further delays.