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A Japan Airlines Boeing Dreamliner Just Made A U-Turn Mid-Flight
Business Insider ^ | July 18, 2013

Posted on 07/18/2013 3:24:41 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

A Japan Airlines 787 Dreamliner flying from Boston to Tokyo turned around not long after taking off and has returned safely to Boston:

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Japan; Miscellaneous; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: 787; airplanes; aviation; boeing; boston; dreamliner; jal
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Extra cautious or something else?
1 posted on 07/18/2013 3:24:41 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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Pilots probably realized they’re flying a 787.


2 posted on 07/18/2013 3:25:52 PM PDT by thesharkboy (posting without reading the article since 1998)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Out of coffee.


3 posted on 07/18/2013 3:26:50 PM PDT by Publius
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Fuel pump went bad.


4 posted on 07/18/2013 3:27:31 PM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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The champagne wasn’t Korbel....


5 posted on 07/18/2013 3:27:50 PM PDT by Eepsy
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To: ConservativeStatement

Fresh out of erotic figurines..?

No more cute fuzzy pillows...?

Souvenir T-shirts sold on board found to feature perfect English?


6 posted on 07/18/2013 3:29:31 PM PDT by gaijin
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Fly on a 787 when you absolutely don’t want to get there...


7 posted on 07/18/2013 3:29:48 PM PDT by Average Al
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To: ConservativeStatement

Thought they were going by ship until they realized they were off the ground.


8 posted on 07/18/2013 3:30:24 PM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Boston to Tokyo turned around not long after taking off //// Mid-flight


Major discrepancy with the distances. Some ting wong.


9 posted on 07/18/2013 3:32:35 PM PDT by txhurl ('The DOG ate my homework. That homework, too. ALL my homework. OK?' - POSHITUS)
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To spoof the recent KTVU mistake: Poor Lee Dunn.


10 posted on 07/18/2013 3:32:52 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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Has the NTSB confirmed the crew’s names yet?


11 posted on 07/18/2013 3:33:35 PM PDT by swamprebel (a Constitution once changed from Freedom, can never be restored.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Their website just says “due to aircraft maintenance.Arrival time at Boston Airport is shown in the Arrival Status.”


12 posted on 07/18/2013 3:33:44 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Civil Servants Are No Longer Servants...Or Civil.)
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They must have forgot the Juan Valdez coffee.


13 posted on 07/18/2013 3:35:08 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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New England Cable News just said that an error message indicating a mechanical problem.


14 posted on 07/18/2013 3:36:13 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Civil Servants Are No Longer Servants...Or Civil.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Was it an error?


15 posted on 07/18/2013 3:37:59 PM PDT by miele man
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To: txhurl

They may have been taking a shortcut. :=)


16 posted on 07/18/2013 3:38:16 PM PDT by Bob
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To: ConservativeStatement

Yu Nau Chum

Nau Goo Bak

Pi Laht F*kd

Dem So Skerd


17 posted on 07/18/2013 3:38:36 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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New England Cable News just said that an error message indicating a mechanical problem.

I bet there are some NSA programmers who can get this "fly by wire" plane debugged. They are pretty good, I hear.

18 posted on 07/18/2013 3:39:45 PM PDT by llevrok (The American Dream is but a catnap today.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

19 posted on 07/18/2013 3:39:51 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Gay State Conservative
"CHECK ENGINE" light came on.
20 posted on 07/18/2013 3:40:05 PM PDT by Roccus
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