FAA to Review 787s After Safety Issues

After three safety incidents with 787s, over the last week, the Federal Aviation Administration has announced it will review them. Before initially approving them, the FAA already spent two hundred thousand hours looking over the planes.

According to the FAA they will be focusing on the planes' electrical systems, during this review. 787s rely on their electrical systems much more than previous airplanes. The FAA's review will not require the grounding of the 787 fleet.

On Wednesday, an All Nippon Airways flight from Yamaguchi prefecture to Tokyo was cancelled due to brake problems. That incident followed two that happened for Japan Airlines at Logan International Airport, in Boston. The first happened on Monday, when an auxiliary battery system caught on fire, after landing. It was followed on Tuesday, when another 787 started leaking fuel, as it was taxiing for take off.

Both airlines say that this will not change their mind about using the 787s, and neither will cancel their orders to have many more made. They feel that the problems are just growing pains, which will be worked out as the planes are used. Other airlines stated similar opinions.

Despite the support of the airlines, Boeing's stock has fallen each day this week. Aerospace analysts are suggesting that Boeing should have focused more on quality assurance and rigorous testing, instead of mass production of the planes.