Plane Truth: Dreamliner Not Ready For Primetime

The well-publicized recent incidents of electrical fires and other mishaps are beginning to have an impact on the reliability of the Dreamliner 787.  After some lengthy delays, Boeing thought that the new state-of-the-art craft is ready and the huge backlog of orders can now stream along.

The incident on January 7 at Boston is the latest episode and resulted apparently from a malfunctioning battery that caused a fire in the belly of a Japan Airlines 787 on January 7.  Boeing is still looking into other incidents involving a Qatar Airways and United flights.  More incidents will likely happen over the next several months as more airlines take delivery to the much-anticipated aircraft.  Boeing and regulators will have to figure out the issues.  In the meantime, passengers may be well advised to sit-out for a while. www.premieretravel.com