An All Nippon Airways (ANA) 787 Dreamliner on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Tokyo returned to Kuala Lumpur shortly after takeoff on Sunday due to a warning that the exhaust gas temperature from its right engine was very high. The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) jet, with 208 passengers and 11 crew, returned to Kuala Lumpur about 40 minutes after takeoff. The plane landed safely and there were no injuries.
The 787-8 (serial number 34486) was the ninth 787 off the Boeing line and made its first flight in January of 2011, according to data at Planespotters. net. It was delivered to ANA in January of 2012. It is equipped with two Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines.
Boeing and Rolls-Royce are aware of the problem and are working with ANA, according to a report at Bloomberg News.
ANA was the 787’s launch customer and received its first 787 in September of 2011. The plane involved in Sunday’s incident was the fourth 787 Boeing delivered to ANA.
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Several problems showed up almost as soon as Dreamliner deliveries began. A problem with the plane’s landing gear came to light shortly after ANA received the first planes in 2011, and a delamination of the Dreamliner’s carbon-fiber fuselage was discovered on an ANA plane early in 2012.
In July of 2012, five of ANA’s 11 Dreamliners were grounded due to a problem with the Rolls-Royce engines, and in early 2013, generator problems with the planes led to a grounding of the global 787 fleet.
A Boeing 787-8 carries a list price of $224.6 million. The larger 787-9 sells for $264.6 million, and the 787-10 costs $306.1 million.
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