Japan Airlines Flight 007, serviced by a Boeing 787, was bound for Tokyo yesterday but had to divert back to Boston Logan airport five hours after takeoff due to problems with the fuel pump system. A source from JAL stated that the incident was an isolated case and not related to the fuel leak incident that the airline had on January 8.
Following the incident, JAL spokeswoman Carol Anderson issued a statement saying that Flight 007’s diversion was “a standard precautionary measure” to investigate a maintenance message indicator that indicated a possible fuel pump problem.
According to a source from Boeing, the B787 is equipped with “advanced health monitoring features” which allow the aviation manufacturer to work alongside JAL to resolve the issue, and get the airplane back to service in a timely manner.
The incident is the latest in another series of problems faced by the Dreamliner after it resumed flying as it came out of a three-month global ban in April (see story). Earlier this month, a fire broke out on an Ethiopian Airline 787 in London, leading to the closure of both runways at Heathrow Airport (see here).
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Clement Huang