(Yet) more Dreamliner issues…

Rightly or wrongly, the world at large is going to see this as another “Dreamliner” problem, and to be fair the meeja are hardly likely to print stories about aero engine problems without mentioning the aircraft they power. To most people, the engines are just another part of the Boeing aircraft and they have no interest in who made them, any more than if it were (for example) an IFE issue; as such it is inevitably going to be seen as Boeing’s problem. Not fair, but as others have said, the 787 is fundamentally a great aircraft, and will ride all this out.

News Reporters being reporters or maybe they should be porters yet in fairness –

In the original article with which this thread was started by Amiga500

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25068222

“……..He said GE and Boeing were hoping to eliminate the problem by modifying the engine control system software…….”

Shared responsibility for resolving the issue but the “Badge” is carried for the entire aircraft by Boeing – who IMO are strong enough to “weather” this problem which will not be the last- but that will certainly not stop the 787 being a desirable aircraft for many years to come.

Didn’t RR sort out the Trent 800 problem when one went bang on a Qantas A380?

I would have thought this issue would be for GE to sort out, but I’ll concede that I’m not entirely sure.

By the looks of it it’s not an actual problem with the aircraft itself but the GE engines because it states that BA with Rolls Royce engines hasn’t had any problems.

Seems like the press want associate any issue with the aircraft itself rather than something that is, in some ways, outside Boeing’s control

It is Boeing responsibility to assess any engines they supply with their aircraft, so it is as much (if not more) Boeings issue as it is GEs.

We had a similar icing issue on a 4-engined British airliner a few years ago. It was the aircraft maunfacturer , in conjunction with the engine manufacturer, that had to fix it.
The engine is installed on a Boeing aircraft so Boeing will be responsible for getting the probelem fixed. Obviously GE will involved but it will be Boeing’s problem.

Aren’t icing issues that put down a BA 777 at LHR a few year’s back?

Yup, this is a GENX issue. Something GE are working on.
Perhaps should have been spotting in ground and flight tests. But then, sometimes those tests don’t always manage to replicate all the variables. And it could be a very specific set of conditions that have to be met for the icing issue to occur.

Yes, Lufthansa warned… not even a 787 operator. The Article calls it a 787 problem yet reports is as an engine issue which it clearly is…shocking reporting

Lufthansa have 747-8’s so are affected by the GENX engines fitted.

Yes, Lufthansa warned… not even a 787 operator. The Article calls it a 787 problem yet reports is as an engine issue which it clearly is…shocking reporting

nick40moose is right…it’s not Boeing’s fault or problem to solve, it would come down to engine manufacturer, in this case GE.

Of course due to amount of bad press that the aircraft in general has had since it launched, the media will pretty much do anything to link two stories that are about the same subject, in this case the Dreamliner, and try to make out that situation is a lot worse than it actually is.

By the looks of it it’s not an actual problem with the aircraft itself but the GE engines because it states that BA with Rolls Royce engines hasn’t had any problems.

Seems like the press want associate any issue with the aircraft itself rather than something that is, in some ways, outside Boeing’s control

you beat me to it! 😉

More bad news for the “Dreamliner”. Not the kind of dream(s) Boeing planned.