FAA requires inspection of Boeing 787 pilot seats
During a March flight by Chile-based Latam Airlines, the captain's seat moved forward and hit a switch that disconnected the autopilot system, and the plane rapidly dropped about 400 feet
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During a March flight by Chile-based Latam Airlines, the captain's seat moved forward and hit a switch that disconnected the autopilot system, and the plane rapidly dropped about 400 feet
Boeing engineer alleges that assembly issues with Boeing's 787 Dreamliner raises safety concerns.
John Barnett worked at Boeing for 32 years and has raised flags about multiple concerns at the airline manufacturer.
A United Airlines Boeing 787, nearing the end of a nearly 15-hour flight to the Bay Area from Tel Aviv, had its cockpit flashed with a laser while on final approach to San Francisco International Tuesday.
A flight from San Francisco International Airport to Singapore will be the longest scheduled flight on any U.S. carrier when service begins June 1.
Non-stop service between San Jose and Tokyo that just resumed in June began daily departures Wednesday, two months ahead of schedule.
San Jose has a lot riding on the success of ANA's five-day-a-week service to Tokyo, which is the reason the city wants to pump more money into the route's promotional campaign.
All Nippon Airways Dreamliner flights to Tokyo return to San Jose's airport this Saturday after the FAA grounded the fleet of 787s in January for their faulty batteries.
All-Nippon Airways has canceled until Feb. 18 all flights to Tokyo from Mineta San Jose International Airport as it continues to ground its Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft in the United States and Japan.
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner battery that caught fire earlier this month shows evidence of short-circuiting and a chemical reaction known as "thermal runaway," in which an increase in temperature causes progressively hotter temperatures, federal accident investigators said Thursday.
All-Nippon Airways has cancelled flights to Tokyo via Mineta San Jose International Airport through early next week to comply with an FAA order grounding Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft in the United States, an airport spokeswoman said.
Japan's two biggest airlines grounded all their Boeing 787 aircraft for safety checks Wednesday after one was forced to make an emergency landing in the latest blow for the new jet.
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner, currently under a major review by federal authorities over safety concerns, took off Friday from Mineta San Jose International Airport on a direct flight to Tokyo without any difficulties, an airport spokeswoman said.
Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner has begun regular flights and San Francisco International Airport officials said they hope to have one land in the Bay Area as early as next year.
