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Boeing 787 Dreamliner Grounded In US and EU

Posted by timothy on from the michael-crichton-did-it dept.

Some Bitch writes "Following previous stories that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration was to review the safety of the Boeing 787 and that Japan had already grounded their fleet, the FAA has issued an airworthiness directive which has been endorsed around the world with the fleets of all eight airlines flying the 787 now grounded. EADS (the parent company of Airbus) shares were up 3.9% at close of business." General Electric's call for more sifting of more data from more sensors might have some resonance right now within Boeing.

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  1. Batteries by hawguy · · Score: 5, Funny

    How embarassing for Boeing to have a $200M plane grounded because of a battery problem. They should have bought quality OEM batteries instead of going for the cheap Chinese imports on EBay.

    1. Re:Batteries by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 2, Funny

      One word: "Plastic".
      -- The Graduate

      --
      "Flyin' in just a sweet place,
      Never been known to fail..."
    2. Re:Batteries by alexander_686 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I know you are trying to be funny, but you are just showing that you are ignorant racist. Try not to be both at the same time. The batteries are Japanese.

      Young Doc: No wonder this circuit failed. It says "Made in Japan".
      Marty McFly: What do you mean, Doc? All the best stuff is made in Japan.
      Young Doc: Unbelievable.

    3. Re:Batteries by hawguy · · Score: 4, Funny

      How does this get modded up? The batteries are Japanese (Yuasa) in origin, sourced by a French company (Alcatel/Thales).

      But they still bought them on eBay, right?

    4. Re:Batteries by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      So if Boeing would put snakes on a plane, would those be OEM snakes?

    5. Re:Batteries by Roman+Coder · · Score: 5, Funny

      They'd be mother-fucking OEM snakes on the mother-fucking OEM plane.

      --
      "The future can only affect the present if there is room to write its influence off as a mistake." - Yakir Aharonov
  2. And India by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    You forgot about India

    all 767 of them ( http://i.imgur.com/Rq0Tp.jpg )

  3. Millions of dollars, no wonder! by dstyle5 · · Score: 4, Funny

    From the link: http://slashdot.org/topic/bi/the-787-dreamliner-scenario-how-data-can-solve-epic-messes/

    "That’s supremely bad news for Boeing, which poured millions of dollars into the 787’s development."

    No wonder its having issues. Or maybe Dr. Evil wrote this article?