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The Federal Aviation Administration is conducting a comprehensive review of the design, manufacture and assembly of the Boeing 787, and despite recent incidents such as fires and fuel leaks, government officials have declared the aircraft safe.
S. Federal Aviation Administration chief Michael Huerta said at a press conference on Friday that there was no indication in the data the agency saw that the aircraft was unsafe, but the aircraft conceived to figure out why it was safe
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Ray Lahoud, transport minister, went one step further: "I believe the plane is safe and I have absolutely no reservations about getting on one of the planes and taking them," he said.
Boeing's 787 of what it calls "Dreamliner" is the latest and most technically advanced aircraft for aircraft manufacturers.
It relies more on electrical signals than any other modern passenger plane to help the plane do almost everything.
This is also the first Boeing aircraft to use rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, which charge faster and can be molded into space.
Saves shape compared to other aircraft batteries.
The aircraft is made of lightweight composites instead of aluminum.
On Monday, an auxiliary power unit battery pack of 787 air passengers from Japan Airlines caught fire while the plane was sitting on the tarmac at Boston Logan International Airport.
It took firefighters 40 minutes to put out the fire.
Also this week, a Japanese airline flight 787 from Boston to Tokyo was delayed due to a fuel leak.
On Friday, Japan's air carrier reported two new cases of aircraft problems.
ANA spokesman Ayumi Kunimatsu said a small amount of oil leakage was found on the left engine of Flight 787 from Japan's southern airport to Tokyo.
The plane returned to Miyazaki, but after inspection, no potential safety hazard was found to fly to Tokyo.
Anna said on another flight to Songshan, the island of four, the cockpit window glass broke and the plane stopped flying for repair.
ANA said it does not have a specific inspection plan and will continue to operate on a regular basis, although it said it would comply with instructions from the FAA and other authorities.
Boeing insists that the 778 problem is no more serious than when the Boeing 777 was launched in the medium term. 1990s.
The plane is now one of its top.
Good seller-
Airlines like it very much
Ray Connor, president and CEO of Boeing's commercial aircraft division, joined Huerta and LaHood at a press conference.
Boeing has delivered 50 of the 787 units since the end of 2011, and orders have increased by nearly 800.
To overcome the backlog, Boeing is increasing production by building 787 units per month in Washington state and South Carolina by the end of this year.
By contrast, it built more than 737 of Boeing's best
Sellers every day
In November, the company said it had started producing £ 787 a month.
But if any major manufacturing change is needed to address these issues, it may lag further in terms of delivery.
Mr. Huerta and Mr. LaHood rejected the idea that FAA might not be vigilant enough to authenticate 787 commercial operations.
Mr. LaHood noted that the FAA technical experts recorded approximately 200,000 hours of testing and review time prior to the certification of the aircraft on August 2011.
Boeing first applied to the FAA for the manufacture of the 787 aircraft in 2003.
The first 787 aircraft flew in December 2009, and the flight time of the six test flights was about 4,645 hours.
The agency said in 2011 that about 25 of these hours were flown by FAA flight testers.
Monday's burning battery is used to start the auxiliary power unit of the aircraft, a small engine at the back of the aircraft that acts as a generator to power on the ground, or the jet engine exits.
Other planes start the APU with hot air from the outside.
But one of these fuels
The Energy Saving Design of 787 is to get rid of the hot air system used by other aircraft, so its APU starts with electricity. Lithium-
Ion batteries may be easier to catch fire because, unlike other aircraft batteries, the liquid inside them is flammable.
If the battery runs out too much or overcharged, the possibility of fire will increase.
Boeing has designed special circuits and other safeguards to prevent this.
The review also raised questions about whether 78 7 could be approved to fly far from the airport.
This is a huge problem because the 78 7 Remote is one of its main selling points.
Regulators want to know,
Even if the nearest airport is more than an hour away, long-range aircraft can fly safely.
This certification is important for flights across the Pacific or Arctic, which is the route for many flights between North America and Asia.
787 has approved flights up to three hours from the nearest airport.
It has met the requirements of the flight test and can reach 5.
Mike Sinnett, 787 chief engineer, said on Wednesday that five hours later, there was no permission due to changes in the FAA rules.
Boeing 777 was approved in December 2011.