WKYT - Home - Headlines

FAA grounds Boeing 787 Dreamliner pending safety check

WASHINGTON (AP) - FAA grounds Boeing 787 Dreamliner pending safety check of plane's lithium batteries .

The move comes after U.S. air safety investigators headed to Japan with representatives of Boeing.

They plan to join Japanese investigators in a probe of problems plaguing Boeing's new 787.

Japan's two biggest carriers, Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways, have grounded all of their 787s for safety checks, after one was forced to make an emergency landing.

Battery fires and fuel leaks have been among the problems reported.


Comments are posted from viewers like you and do not always reflect the views of this station.
powered by Disqus

Current Conditions

Weather for Lexington, Kentucky
77° F
Mostly Cloudy
Tue
85 68
Wed
87 68
Thu
76 58
Fri
69 53

Opinion

What are you doing Memorial Day weekend?

Traveling
Staying home
Have to work
Nothing, enjoying time off

Most Commented

powered by Disqus

Enter your number for a chance to win great prizes!
Message and data rates may apply
Refuse to Lose

Viewer Photos

Text Links

Premium reloading brass once fired

WKYT

2851 Winchester Rd. Lexington, Ky 40509 859-299-0411 - switchboard 859-299-2727 - newsroom
Gray Television, Inc. - Copyright © 2002-2013 - Designed by Gray Digital Media - Powered by Clickability
User Agent: CCBot/2.0 - 187207721