New Delhi: With recurring technical problems of Air India’s Dreamliner fleet, which has had 136 “minor” technical problems in the past 14 months, the government has begun an exercise to ground the B-787 planes in ten-day periods for aircraft software modification. Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh disclosed this in the Lok Sabha last week.
Singh, however, ruled out compulsory grounding of the Dreamliners till all technical faults were rectified, saying that a Boeing team was currently in India to upgrade the software on the planes. “In a reliability enhancement measure, each Dreamliner aircraft has been taken in for 10-day maintenance grounding, beginning from December 1, 2013,” he said.
Singh said Air India has been in constant touch with Boeing on the issue of the fleet’s technical reliability. “Boeing technical teams have been involved in root-cause analysis and in evolving remedial measures,” he said.
09/12/13 Deccan Herald
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Singh, however, ruled out compulsory grounding of the Dreamliners till all technical faults were rectified, saying that a Boeing team was currently in India to upgrade the software on the planes. “In a reliability enhancement measure, each Dreamliner aircraft has been taken in for 10-day maintenance grounding, beginning from December 1, 2013,” he said.
Singh said Air India has been in constant touch with Boeing on the issue of the fleet’s technical reliability. “Boeing technical teams have been involved in root-cause analysis and in evolving remedial measures,” he said.
09/12/13 Deccan Herald
