Air India to take Boeing Dreamliner delivery after NTSB probe

Air India has clarified to Dreamliner manufacturer Boeing that it will take deliveries of the aircraft only after the cause for the recent mishap with the engine is found and rectified.
No one was injured in the July 28 incident, when debris fell off a Boeing 787 Dreamliner's engine during a pre-flight test, setting ablaze grass leading to closure of the only runway at Charleston International Airport in South Carolina for over an hour.
This was one of the planes being readied for Air India - that has ordered 27 of them.Following the incident, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) launched a probe after Boeing and engine manufacturer General Electric notified it that a Boeing 787 experienced an engine failure during a pre-delivery taxi test.
03/08/12 Business Today

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Categories: Air India Aug 2012, Safety Aug 2012