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Boeing’s state-of-the-art Dreamliner passenger jet has been in Japan, India, Chile and the USA amid safety concerns. The airliner has been with a spate of technical malfunctions in the past month. These range from cracked windshields, brake and electrical problems, and fuel spills. A battery fault on Wednesday on one of Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) planes the flight to an emergency landing. A Japanese transport official the incident as "highly serious," which there could have been an accident. Japanese authorities have all Dreamliner flights until further notice. Japan’s airlines have 24 of the 50 Dreamliners Boeing has to date.

The Dreamliner is to the aviation industry. Its lightweight design, fuel efficiency and advanced safety features airlines have been up to buy it. Boeing says it is the issues but confidence in the aircraft’s safety. A company official has put the difficulties down to “teething problems” with a brand new airplane. Boeing CEO Jim McNerney said: "We will be every necessary step in the coming days to our customers and the travelling public of the 787's safety and to the airplanes to service.” He : "Boeing deeply …the inconvenience to [our customers] and their passengers."

 


 
 

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