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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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To: combat_boots

Piloted by Captain Wong Wei.


21 posted on 07/18/2013 3:44:14 PM PDT by Yo-Yo
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22 posted on 07/18/2013 3:46:14 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: miele man
Was it an error?

Flight computer was downloading some security updates and got the blue screen of death when they tried to reboot it. They called Microsoft Support in India and got put on hold for so long they were about to run out of fuel.

23 posted on 07/18/2013 3:47:18 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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24 posted on 07/18/2013 3:47:39 PM PDT by 101stAirborneVet
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25 posted on 07/18/2013 3:48:43 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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26 posted on 07/18/2013 3:49:20 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Cementjungle

Big LOL. Too funny!!


27 posted on 07/18/2013 3:55:03 PM PDT by miele man
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To: ConservativeStatement

This kind of thing happens all the time, with every type of aircraft. I’ve been a passenger on a flight that did this once, and in my airline days I worked several flights where something similar happened.


28 posted on 07/18/2013 3:56:44 PM PDT by xjcsa (Ridiculing the ridiculous since the day I was born.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

They let Captain Sum Ting Wong back in the air?


29 posted on 07/18/2013 4:00:02 PM PDT by HerrBlucher (Praise to the Lord the Almighty the King of Creation)
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To: xjcsa

The 787 was grounded earlier this year and there was an issue on a JAL flight out of Boston in one instance.

I was on a flight out of LAX in which the engine was on fire and the pilot returned after dumping fuel. One of “the quiet was deafening” moments.


30 posted on 07/18/2013 4:01:08 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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To: ConservativeStatement

If this keeps up, “If it ain’t Boeing, I ain’t going” is gonna become an archaic phrase.


31 posted on 07/18/2013 4:02:29 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: ConservativeStatement
The 787 was grounded earlier this year and there was an issue on a JAL flight out of Boston in one instance.

Ahhhh...that's it...the problem isn't with the 787...

It's Boston.

32 posted on 07/18/2013 4:04:10 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Potty stop?


33 posted on 07/18/2013 4:13:48 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (The Cardinals chose wisely.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Word of advice: make sure your seat is in the non-smoking section

34 posted on 07/18/2013 4:27:53 PM PDT by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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To: Roccus

Nah, the plane became self-aware 5 minutes into the flight, realized it was a 787, freaked out and generated the error message in a desperate attempt to save itself.


35 posted on 07/18/2013 4:54:28 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Unindicted Co-conspirators: The Mainstream Media)
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To: ConservativeStatement
Look on the bright side, Captain Wii.

At least we didn't crash in Detroit.


36 posted on 07/18/2013 5:01:22 PM PDT by SnuffaBolshevik (In a tornado, even turkeys can fly.)
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I wonder if it turned around over Macho Grande?


37 posted on 07/18/2013 5:02:21 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: ConservativeStatement

I was on a jet landing at Wichita when the plane started making really loud screeching noises. I remember all the other passengers and I were looking at each other wondering what the heck was going on.

I later talked to a United Air pilot who must have been close to retirement. He said it was probably an air bearing (whatever that is), and that it was not really serious.


38 posted on 07/18/2013 5:13:02 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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39 posted on 07/18/2013 5:17:07 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Shall Not Be Infringed)
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40 posted on 07/18/2013 5:22:47 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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