JAPAN/FILE: All Nippon Airways (ANA) cancels Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight in western Japan due to brake problems

Record ID: 466847

  • Title: JAPAN/FILE: All Nippon Airways (ANA) cancels Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight in western Japan due to brake problems
  • Date: 9th January 2013
  • Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (FILE - SEPTEMBER 2011) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ANA BOEING 787 DREAMLINER ON DISPLAY AFTER FIRST DELIVERY TO ANA IN JAPAN PILOTS AT NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (ANA) BOEING 787 DREAMLINER PILOT, HIDEAKI HAYAKAWA, SAYING: "In the future I feel this plane has the potential to change the entire airline business." MORE OF DREAMLINER ON DISPLAY
  • Embargoed: 24th January 2013 12:00
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  • Location: Japan
  • Country: Japan
  • Topics: Accidents,Transport
  • Reuters ID: LVA6F6M5LKNRYJ5V68090CCMIVI6
  • Story Text: Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) cancelled a Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight scheduled to from fly from Yamaguchi prefecture in western Japan to Tokyo on Wednesday (January 9) due to brake problems, a company official said.
    The mishap adds to a series of setbacks for the new aircraft this week.
    On Tuesday (January 8) a fuel leak forced a 787 operated by ANA rival Japan Airlines to cancel takeoff at Boston's Logan International Airport, a day after an electrical fire on another 787 after a JAL flight to Boston from Tokyo.
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