(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Japan's airlines grounded their entire fleets of Boeing 787s on Wednesday morning after one of the Dreamliner passenger jets made an emergency landing.
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner, operated by All Nippon Airways, made an emergency landing Wednesday at an airport in western Japan after a cockpit message showed battery problems the latest in a series of problems including a battery fire and fuel leaks.
All Nippon Airways said smoke was detected after the plane took off from Yamaguchi-Ube Airport in western Japan. It was bound for Tokyo's Haneda Airport, carrying 137 people. No one has been seriously injured.
Japan's Transport Ministry said Wednesday it got notices from ANA, which operates 17 of the jets, and Japan Airlines which has seven, that all their 787 aircraft will not be flying.
Wednesday's incident follows a series of mishaps for the new Dreamliner. The sophisticated plane, the world's first mainly carbon-composite airliner, has suffered fuel leaks, a battery fire, wiring problem, brake computer glitch and cracked cockpit window in recent days.
The 787 represented a leap in the way planes are designed and built, but the project was plagued by cost overruns and years of delays. Some have suggested Boeing's rush to get planes built after those delays resulted in the recent problems, a charge the company strenuously denies.
Both the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said they were monitoring the latest Dreamliner incident as part of a comprehensive review of the aircraft announced late last week.
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