Dream of flying without problems - THE DREAMLINER

One of the most talked airplanes in the aviation, since its first commercial flight with 'Nippon Airways' on October 26th, 2011 is the 'Boeing Dreamliner 787'. Though Boeing claims it to be one of the best airplanes in the sky, we regularly audience some or the other defect of the 'Dreamliner'.
The following is the drive of the problems or defects of the 787, till date from its origin.

                                              Picture Credits : World Airline News

Pre-launch and first flight problems.

2007
            September

• Shortage of fasteners and incomplete software caused a three-month delay to the first flight.

            October

• In addition to the three-month delay, there was another delay of 3 months due to the       software issues.So a total of 6 months delay was created in 2007                                                                                                            

2008
            January

• Reasons remained confidential , all of a sudden the company announced another 3 month delay to the first flight

            April

• Extending a delay for an unspecific time, Boeing reschedules its first flight of 787 in late 2008 and  all the initial deliveries were on hold till September,2009

            November

• Workers went on strike which resulted in changes of the first flight dates, and tentatively it was for late 2009

2009          
           June

• In the 'Paris Air show' , Boeing claimed the first flight of 787, within two weeks, but exactly after a week they cancelled it and rescheduled it again for the late 2009

 
          December

• Finally, the first maiden flight happens on 15th December, 2009, after making the high-speed taxi tests, a couple of days earlier.          

2010
            June

• Fleet wide problems on horizontal stabilizers.

            August

•  Rolls Royce Trent1000 engine , suffers a blowout at the facility. Hence the first  delivery to Japan's All Nippon Airway, is delayed until February 2011

           November

• During a test flight above Texas, a 787 experiences an electrical fire and is forced to make an emergency landing. All test flights are suspended until last week of December

2011
           January

• First delivery has been rescheduled again to September , due to electrical and software   problems resulting from the in-flight fire         

           August

• The U.S Federal Aviation Administration and European Air Safety Agency, approves  Boeing to deliver the DreamLiner.        

           September

• FINALLY, All Nippon Airways , receives the first Dreamliner.

         
           October

• The first commercial flight,  gets its destination to Hong Kong from Tokyo-Narita. Though there were so many delays, few tickets soar upto 34000$, for the craze of being in a Dreamliner.

                  ICAO Designation for DreamLiner 787-8 : B788

                                                               Picture credits Wikipedia.

Problems during the journey in Dreamliner

2012

•  United B788 near New Orleans on Dec 4th, electrical problems causing concerns of electrical heat on board.

• Qatar B788 near Doha on Dec 8th , has got a generator failure.

•  All Nippon Airways B788 , near Okayama on Dec 24th, left windshield has cracked

2013

• All Nippon Airways B788, near Matsuyama on Jan 11th, windshield cracked

•  Japanese Airlines B788, near Tokyo on June 11th, engine anti ice problem.

•  United B788, over Canada on June 20th, engine oil indication

•  United B788, near Seattle on June 18th, engine oil filter indication, engine shutdown in flight.

•  United B788, near Oklahoma City, on June 23rd, brakes indication.

•  Thomson B788, at Cardiff, on June 25th, bird strike·

• Thomson B788, over Atlantic, on July 12th, lavatory woes.

•  Japanese Airlines B788, over Hudson Bay, on July 18th, fuel pump problem.

•  Air India, B788, enroute on July 25th, smoking galley oven.

•  Japanese Airlines B788, over Pacific on August 27th, slat problems.

•  LAN B788 and LAN B788, near Lima on June 11th, near collision

•  United B788, over Bering Sea on September 19th, flaps indication.

•  LOT B788, at Toronto, on September 28th, transponder problem and several other technical issues.

•  Japanese Airlines B788, near Moscow on October 9th, electrical problems cause failed lavatories.

•  Japanese Airlines B788, near San Diego on October 9th, problems with anti ice systems.

•  India B788 at Bangalore, on October12th,  no confirmed incident.

•  Air India B788, near Adelaide, on October 27th, semi emergency (flaperon issue).

•  British Airways B788, enroute on November 16th, hydraulic failure.

•  Nippon Airways B788, near   Takamatsu on Jan 16th, battery problem and burning smell on board.

2014

•   Air India B788,   near Berlin, complete loss of transponders.

• China Southern B788, near Guangzhou on Jan 19th, multiple system messages.

•  Air India B788, near Kaula Lampur on Feb 5th, all flight management computers failed.

•  Japanese Airlines, over Pacific on March 8th, engine shut down in flight.