Another Dreamliner Catches Fire
Ariana Arghandewal July 25, 2013
Another day, another Dreamliner catching fire. Two weeks after a parked Ethiopian Airlines 787 caught fire at Heathrow Airport and a Thomson Airways flight was diverted over a technical issue, the trouble continues, this time for an Air India Dreamliner headed from Delhi to Kolkota.
The airline reports that a fire broke out midflight on Wednesday after the oven overheated. No injuries were reported.
It should be noted that this fire was unrelated to the battery or Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) system, both of which were cited as causes in previous incidents.
Boeing has already spent over $100 million to fix the battery issue, and airlines have been instructed by the FAA to either inspect or temporarily remove the ELT on the Dreamliner to avoid fire hazards.
It is unclear whether the Dreamliner will be grounded again following recent issues.
Headline is a cheap shot, "another" at least suggests that the chain of related problems continue. Flyertalk readers deserve better.
As per another thread on the United forum .... I initially wanted to rename the plane to the DeathStar ... but another user aptly wants to name it .... DreamBurner ..... +-ADT
I think the article should stay. But the title should be "Another Oven Catches Fire".
I agree poor form like most other journalism with regards to this plane. Everything is being so overhyped as to create international headline news with every little incident yet issues with any other aircraft are glossed over and not even deemed worthy of a mention in most publications. Hope FT pulls this article down.
Though I agree th titel could have been worded better, I certainly do not see this as sensationalism. I think most of the commenter here are feeling sorry for the beaten up "new kid on the bloc" and trying to defend the B787> Overheating oven on a brand new state of the art plane in this day and age is not a minor issue to not worry about. Go buy yourself a brand new state of the art $4000 oven, bring it home and after a few months of use, it goes up in flames in your kitchen where kids have their daily breakfast, then tell me its not such a big deal.