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2ND IN A MONTH - Wing snag grounds yet another AI Dreamliner
New Delhi: In yet another Dreamliner trouble, Air India’s Delhi-Frankfurt flight on Saturday was cancelled as the Boeing-787 earmarked for the route developed a snag leaving over 150 passengers stranded here. Several of the brand new aircraft VT-ANM’s spoilers – speed retardation devices on the wings that move up and down – became unserviceable and the aircraft had to be grounded. “We are arranging for a replacement Dreamliner and the Frankfurt flight (AI 121 which was to depart at 1 pm on… (epaper.timesofindia.com) और अधिक...For those who hate Indians in particular and Asians in general, I repeat what the Aviation Secretary instructed to AI to do
" Aviation secretary Ashok Lavasa has asked AI to get in touch with other airlines using the Dreamliner and see if they too are facing similar issues. He has directed AI to examine if these are teething troubles with a new plane or something else, marking the first tough stance by the ministry on the troublesome Dreamliner issue. "
Does it seem reasonable approach or evasive kind ? What would the most intelligent race ( the Americans ) on Earth thinks ?
I know my comment will thoroughly 'down voted' , naturally by Americans , en mass and exclusively.
God bless Americans .
" Aviation secretary Ashok Lavasa has asked AI to get in touch with other airlines using the Dreamliner and see if they too are facing similar issues. He has directed AI to examine if these are teething troubles with a new plane or something else, marking the first tough stance by the ministry on the troublesome Dreamliner issue. "
Does it seem reasonable approach or evasive kind ? What would the most intelligent race ( the Americans ) on Earth thinks ?
I know my comment will thoroughly 'down voted' , naturally by Americans , en mass and exclusively.
God bless Americans .
Sounds like you're the one with the racist attitude sir. If you left out the references to Americans and hatred etc ad nauseum, you would've had a reasonably intelligent comment here. Too bad you ruined it with your vitriole.
A lot of this I would attribute to crew training, and reliance on automation... A few examples: West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, Colgan Air Flight 3407, Northwest Airlines Flight 255 and the list goes on.
Most AI's 78 delays have nothing to do with mx issues. Most of AI service interruptions have to do with the regulator failing to properly certify the plane for low visibility operations, which is huge problem at foggy Delhi. Hope they [the regulator and the airline] get in gear soon.
Makes no sense to complain about a reliability rate that is about 1% lower than some of the most reliable twins at a similar early point in their respective development. Makes more sense to fix the much larger number of delayed departures and diverted arrivals, due to the fog issue.
If the Indian fog-related delays are counted against the entire fleet's reliability, that alone may account for a big chunk of the slightly lower average reliability fleet wide. No other country has failed to certify the plane for operations in low visibility. It's hard to understand why the Indians are dragging their feet.
Makes no sense to complain about a reliability rate that is about 1% lower than some of the most reliable twins at a similar early point in their respective development. Makes more sense to fix the much larger number of delayed departures and diverted arrivals, due to the fog issue.
If the Indian fog-related delays are counted against the entire fleet's reliability, that alone may account for a big chunk of the slightly lower average reliability fleet wide. No other country has failed to certify the plane for operations in low visibility. It's hard to understand why the Indians are dragging their feet.
" Dreamliner snag spoils Holi for flyers "
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The Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s unending snags have now poured cold water on the Holi celebration plans of almost 250 people who were supposed to fly out of Paris late on Saturday to reach Delhi on Sunday morning, in time for the festival of colors.Air India’s flight AI 142, to be operated on Dreamliner (VT-AND), had to be grounded just when it was to take off from Paris CDG Airport on Saturday night as the aircraft’s spoilers ...... became unserviceable and the aircraft had to be grounded. ........
AI CMD Rohit Nandan very sternly raised the issue of Dreamliner’s constant snags with Boeing vice-president Dinesh Keskar at last week’s recent Hyderabad air show. The exasperated airline has gone to the extent of asking Boeing to be answerable for each snag. ........
Nandan is reportedly learnt to have asked Boeing to station its personnel in India and explain each and every fault that leads to grounding of Dreamliners. “Whenever there is a B-787 problem, the media rightly calls AI to know why it happened. The answers for that are with Boeing and they better explain the same as our focus at times like those are to minimize passenger suffering. We are getting a lot of flak because of Boeing,” said an official.
Attempts to reach Boeing for getting their version on the endemic problems of the Dreamliners, each time a snag grounds, delays or leads to return of an aircraft mid-way from destination, prove futile. .........
Hello Boeing ! Any body there ?