New Delhi: Air India's Dreamliner fleet suffered 136 "minor" technical problems between their delivery since September last year and till late last month and all these problems were fixed by technical teams of the airline and Boeing, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said on Monday.
Observing that a Boeing team was currently in India to upgrade the software in these planes, he said each Boeing 787 Dreamliner is being grounded for ten days since the beginning of this month for maintenance and these upgrades.
Observing that Air India was constantly in touch with Boeing on the issue of technical reliability of these new aircraft, he said a team of engineers and technicians from the American manufacturer was installing a reliability enhancement package involving upgrades to the software and components in the aircraft.
The Boeing team is also involved in the root cause analysis and evolving remedial measures, he said.
09/12/13 PTI/NDTV.com
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Observing that a Boeing team was currently in India to upgrade the software in these planes, he said each Boeing 787 Dreamliner is being grounded for ten days since the beginning of this month for maintenance and these upgrades.
Observing that Air India was constantly in touch with Boeing on the issue of technical reliability of these new aircraft, he said a team of engineers and technicians from the American manufacturer was installing a reliability enhancement package involving upgrades to the software and components in the aircraft.
The Boeing team is also involved in the root cause analysis and evolving remedial measures, he said.
09/12/13 PTI/NDTV.com
