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United Airlines Dreamliner flight from London to Houston diverted to New Jersey
HOUSTON - A United Airlines Dreamliner flight from London to Houston was detoured to New Jersey due to a low oil indication. (www.click2houston.com) Altro...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
selective media coverage! plane crashes and for the next ten days we hear about all the other GA crashes... then nothing... 787 problem... and now we hear about every little glitch... there are 3-4 of these type events ((airliner diverts because of a mechanical issue) every single day... media only covers aviation when something "sensational" happens and then fades away to other stories... soon they'll be tired of 787 and move on to something else......
Every Aircraft has problems now and again..however with this being a 787..the media makes a big deal out of it ! They are turning it into the 'Edsel' of the airways by doing so !
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Both diversions have been oil system related as well.
The situations are not related though...one a filter and the other low oil level.
If it was any other aircraft, these wouldn't even be news. No one is reporting the Delta 767 diverting for smoke in the cockpit yesterday http://www.avherald.com/h?article=46416685&opt=0)
If it was any other aircraft, these wouldn't even be news. No one is reporting the Delta 767 diverting for smoke in the cockpit yesterday http://www.avherald.com/h?article=46416685&opt=0)
Must be those RR engines!
Exactly!...
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As per link http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/06/21/business-us-boeing-dreamliner-diversion-idUKBRE95J1BD20130621 posted by B P, these were indeed GE engines :).
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All United 787's are currently GEnx-1B powered.
Here is a list of the United 787 fleet:
http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/United%20Airlines-active-b787.htm
http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/United%20Airlines-active-b787.htm