The jet is impressive. I have never seen a jumbo or super-jumbo maneuver like this. Why is it imporant? It has the capacity to go nearly vertical on take offs and maneuver while in flight to avoid any other aircraft in it's vicinity.
September 26, 2014
By Anna Koper and Sarah Young
Boeing needs to pay attention to announcements by the FAA. It is the taxpayers that travel on Boeing flights. They want to be safe and the one sure way of putting the company out of business is to ignore FREE advice.
Stating federal regulations by the USA government is costly and unnecessary is simply wasting taxpayers money. That is not the case and with particular incident with Boeing's Dreamline, the FAA was ahead of the occurrence. It is a job well done, except, Boeing didn't act on it as soon as it was known.
Regulations save lives!
September 26, 2014
By Anna Koper and Sarah Young
(Reuters) - A Boeing Co Dreamliner traveling (click here) from Chicago to Poland resumed its flight on Friday after making an emergency landing at Glasgow, Scotland, to check an alert from the fire protection system in the baggage hold.
The plane, owned by Polish state airline LOT [LOT.UL, was on the ground for about 5-1/2 hours.
"After checking the aircraft, it turned out that it is functional," said LOT spokeswoman Barbara Pijanowska-Kuras, adding that firefighters at the scene did not see any fire or smoke.
Emergency services met LOT Flight 4, which was headed to Warsaw, at 9:35 a.m. local time (1035 GMT), Glasgow's airport said. Other traffic at the airport was not affected.
The plane was initially cleared as safe and the 248 passengers disembarked, an airport spokesman said. The passengers later reboarded and the plane took off around 1700 GMT and was due in Warsaw around 1900 GMT....
...The diversion of the LOT flight comes just days after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration called for parts upgrades on the Dreamliner to ensure better fire suppression in its cargo hold and an electrical equipment bay....Boeing needs to pay attention to announcements by the FAA. It is the taxpayers that travel on Boeing flights. They want to be safe and the one sure way of putting the company out of business is to ignore FREE advice.
Stating federal regulations by the USA government is costly and unnecessary is simply wasting taxpayers money. That is not the case and with particular incident with Boeing's Dreamline, the FAA was ahead of the occurrence. It is a job well done, except, Boeing didn't act on it as soon as it was known.
Regulations save lives!
