Air India's newly inducted Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircrafts has been hit with frequent technical snags. Unhappy with the aircraft...
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Unhappy with the aircraft's performance due to “recurring technical snags”, civil aviation ministry and Air India have summoned Boeing, reported the deccan herald daily.
Earlier, the maiden commercial flight of Air India's Dreamliner reported its first glitch. The cooling system meant to prevent the power generating equipment of the aircraft from getting overheated failed.
Sources said that the snag developed when the aircraft was being pushed back and its power generation was being shifted from electric generator to the engine generator.
Sources said the same part had been replaced twice in the US before AI took delivery of the aircraft.
In fact, when it landed in Delhi on September 8, sources said that another electric part, called actuator, had developed a snag and was replaced.
The aircraft, which was taxiing for take-off was forced to return back to the bay following the minor glitch.
The daily reported, either one of the three Dreamliners stay's grounded due to snags.
Air India has taken the issue seriously as it has affected its widely publicized flights.
The airline had used Dreamliner flights to regain its reputation.
With Air India gaining its foothold in the domestic market in past few months, the airline had initially deployed the plane for important domestic routes so that pilots could become familiar with its landing and take-off.
One of these Dreamliner's engine failed during a pre-delivery taxi test in Charleston, South Carolina,US. As a result of the failure, the engine reportedly left debris on the active runway at Charleston International Airport and caused a brush fire.
Current snags could be attributed to the aircraft's relatively new design.
Air India officials said Boeing would sent a team to fix the snags next week.
Air India has an order for 27 Dreamliner aircrafts. The delivery schedule was also earlier delayed considerably, for which it recieved a compensation. The first aircraft was inducted in September this year.
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is the first commercial jetliner made primarily of advanced composite materials.
It offers exceptional passenger comfort features, including cleaner air, a lower cabin altitude, higher humidity, bigger windows that dim electronically and more overhead storage space. It offers a 20 percent fuel efficiency, than other airplanes in its class and results in 20 percent lower carbon emissions.
