FAA Orders Fuel-Tank Inspections on 60 Boeing 787s After Unverified Checks
A required production check could not be substantiated for fuel-tank sealant installed on an estimated 60 U.S.-registered Boeing 787 Dreamliners….
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GE Revises Boeing 787 Engine Checks After Study Reports Early Blade Cracks
GE Aerospace has reportedly revised inspection guidance for GEnx-1B engines used on Boeing 787 Dreamliners after a China-based study identified…
Study Links Turbine-Blade Damage to Five Boeing 787 Engine Removals
A Chinese maintenance study reported that five GE GEnx-1B engines were removed from an unnamed airline’s Boeing 787 fleet after…
Air India 787 Diverts With 306 Aboard After Seconds-Long Hijack Alert
A seconds-long transmission was enough to divert an Air India Boeing 787-9 carrying a reported 306 passengers and initiate extensive…
Riyadh Air Reportedly Moves Four Boeing 787s as Hub Closure Continues
Riyadh Air reportedly repositioned four new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners on October 13 as the extended closure of King Khalid International…
Vietnam Airlines 787 Recorder Shows Captain-Side Braking Before Runway-End Liftoff in Munich
A Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787-9 recorded repeated brake-pedal activation from the captain’s side as it accelerated for takeoff at Munich…
Emirates May Replace 35 Delayed Boeing 787s With Larger 777X Jets
Emirates faces a fleet-planning tension that cannot be resolved simply by substituting one Boeing model for another. The airline is…
Investigators Find Accidental Climb Command Caused ANA Boeing 787 Tail Strike
Half a second after an All Nippon Airways Boeing 787-9 touched down normally in Houston, its automated flight controls received…
Air India 787 Engine Shutdown Led GE to Widen Safety Inspections
A compressor blade came loose inside an Air India Boeing 787-8 engine during flight, causing a surge and shutdown that…
FAA Orders Boeing 787 Inspections Over Manufacturing Gaps and Fatigue Risk
A shim is meant to fill the space between aircraft structures before they are fastened together. If that gap exceeds…
FAA Orders Recurring Boeing 787 Wing Inspections for 17 U.S. Jets
The Federal Aviation Administration has turned a Boeing 787 manufacturing concern into a recurring maintenance requirement for 17 aircraft on…
FAA Proposes Boeing 787 Cowl Changes Over Two-Engine Shutdown Risk
An engine does not have to be the one that fails internally to be placed at risk. On certain Boeing…
FAA Proposes Reinforced Cowl Panels for 407 Rolls-Royce Boeing 787s
A metal shield inside an engine-cowl panel is the central fix in a proposed safety rule covering 407 Rolls-Royce-powered Boeing…
Air India 787 Switch Tests Found No Defect After Crash
India’s civil aviation ministry has reported a key new finding in the investigation of the June 12, 2025 Air India…
Boeing 787 Fuel-Switch Test Finds No Fault, AI171 Cause Remains Unresolved
India’s government told Parliament this week that manufacturer-level testing found no abnormality in the locking mechanism of a Boeing 787…