New Delhi: An oven in a Boeing Dreamliner operated by Air India overheated during a domestic flight this week causing smoke but did not interrupt services, the state-run Indian carrier said, adding an investigation has begun.
India's aviation regulator said it was examining the incident and had sought a report from Air India.
The incident follows a fire earlier this month on a parked Ethiopian Airlines-owned 787 Dreamliner and caused extensive damage to the plane. The entire global fleet of Dreamliners was grounded for three months earlier this year due to separate battery-related problems.
Separately, Japan's ANA Holdings, which operates the world's biggest fleet of Dreamliners, said today that it found damage to the battery wiring on two 787 locator beacons.
The overheating of the oven during a July 24 flight from New Delhi to Kolkata did not cause a fire, an Air India spokesman said, adding they were in touch with Boeing over the issue.
26/07/13 Reuters/NDTV
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India's aviation regulator said it was examining the incident and had sought a report from Air India.
The incident follows a fire earlier this month on a parked Ethiopian Airlines-owned 787 Dreamliner and caused extensive damage to the plane. The entire global fleet of Dreamliners was grounded for three months earlier this year due to separate battery-related problems.
Separately, Japan's ANA Holdings, which operates the world's biggest fleet of Dreamliners, said today that it found damage to the battery wiring on two 787 locator beacons.
The overheating of the oven during a July 24 flight from New Delhi to Kolkata did not cause a fire, an Air India spokesman said, adding they were in touch with Boeing over the issue.
26/07/13 Reuters/NDTV
