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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDreamliner plane review ordered by US regulators
(BBC) US regulators have ordered a review of the 787 Dreamliner plane after a series of incidents put a question mark over the safety of Boeing's flagship plane.
The review by the Federal Aviation Administration will look at the design and manufacture of the planes.
It is not clear whether the planes in the air at the moment will be grounded.
An electrical fire, a brake problem, a fuel spill and cracks in the cockpit's windshield have affected Dreamliner flights in the past week. .................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20988117
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Dreamliner plane review ordered by US regulators (Original Post)
marmar
Jan 2013
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Berlum
(7,044 posts)1. Dreamliner aloft
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DemoTex
(25,399 posts)2. Lemon-liner?
Berlum
(7,044 posts)3. One-smoke-over-the-liner
xchrom
(108,903 posts)4. this thing has problems. nt
quinnox
(20,600 posts)5. as someone in yahoo comments wittily remarked,
It's called the dreamliner because that is the state of mind you should be in when you board one of the damn things. (At least you will be oblivious that way, its kind of a subtle joke)