Boeing faces technical problems

March 18, 2010 - 8:18 pm Comments Off

In less than twenty-four hours, Boeing faces a number of technical problems on two different types of aircraft: B777 long-haul and short-medium haul B737, his best-seller.

In the United States, the federal Civil Aviation (FAA) requested in a directive for Boeing to make changes to the software on board their B 777 after two cases – fortunately without injury – the accidental release of autopilot occurred last January when the aircraft had not yet departed. Several models of the B 777 families are affected by this change in software. Boeing immediately said it would follow that ReCOmmeNdATIONS for 818 units worldwide including 145 in service with U.S. airlines. This type of incident is very rare, says the manufacturer saving account payday loan ."Since its commissioning 15 years ago, the world's fleet of B 777 has made 4.8 million flights and there were only 9 reports of this kind," said the giant Chicago.

In China, the Civil Administration (CAAC) issued a "Directive on emergency airworthiness" of devices in the family B 737 after several incidents, again without gravity. All Chinese airlines are required to perform safety checks on the components located in the tail of over 400 aircraft of this family on a total fleet of B 737 603 aircraft. Boeing said it would provide technical support to its customers in China and said that these measures do not concern its new generation B 737.

Currently, Boeing provides no encryption of the cost of its actions.

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