Another smoky Dreamliner - ANA grounds 787 fleet

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All Nippon Airways has grounded all 17 of its Boeing 787 jets after one Dreamliner was forced to make an emergency landing in western Japan on Wednesday.

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The incident comes on top of a slew of recent problems with Boeing’s new Dreamliner aircraft. The sophisticated new plane, the world’s first mainly carbon-composite airliner, suffered two fuel leaks, a battery fire, a wiring problem, brake computer glitch and cracked cockpit window last week.

The nightmare continues for Boeing,

www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20130116_13.html

Japan Airlines also grounded their entire fleet of 787s.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/15849729/ana-and-jal-to-ground-entire-dreamliner-fleets/

More detail here:

bbc.co.uk/news/business-21038128

United follows suit at the behest of the FAA.
bbc.co.uk/news/business-21054089

And Polish LOT 787 grounded at ORD tonight. LOT4 KORD - EPWA cancelled.