As a result, the agency is suggesting that all 787s in the United States undergo repeated inspections. This is because the FAA has received reports that water from the lavatory has been leaking onto equipment bays beneath the cabin floor on several 787s operated by one airline.

However, there is a disagreement between Boeing and the FAA about how prevalent the issue is across currently active 787s.

Why it’s concerning?

According to the Associated Press, Boeing informed airlines about the problem of leaky faucets in November. The FAA stated that one airline discovered a wet carpet in the cockpit of one of its planes and subsequently inspected its entire fleet of Boeing 787 jets, finding the issue on multiple aircraft.

Boeing has attributed the problem to a faulty O-ring in a bathroom faucet, which causes a slow leak of approximately eight ounces of water per hour.

The company claims that the problem is limited to a specific batch of 787s. However, the FAA is advocating for safety measures to be applied to all Dreamliners currently in operation.

According to reports, the FAA is proposing to conduct regular inspections of all Boeing 787 Dreamliners in the United States. FAA is concerned that leaks from the bathroom faucets could result in water seeping into the plane’s flight-critical electronics. Furthermore, this may lead to a “loss of continued safe flight and landing.”

This proposal will be open to public comment for 45 days before it can become an official FAA order.

The proposed order would apply to the 140 Dreamliners in the U.S. carrier fleets. It is intended to be a temporary measure until Boeing develops a permanent solution for the faulty faucet modules.

Reuters has reported that the FAA had previously halted the delivery of Dreamliners for a month starting in February due to a data analysis error.

However, after the recent suspension, Lufthansa (LH) received the first delivery of a Boeing 787. Despite these issues, Boeing claims that it is observing an unprecedented demand for the Dreamliner.

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These planes have served their operators for just ten years and are now getting scrapped.

This is the first time that Boeing 787 Dreamliners are getting dismantled in the world. Earlier one Boeing 787 that had registration N787FT was disassembled in 2018 at PAE, Everett, but not for spare parts.

Scrapping Boeing 787

The Irish aviation asset management and trading company EirTrade will be handling the dismantling of such young jets. They will scrap the Dreamliners at Prestwick Airport (PIK), Scotland.

The dismantling of these two Boeing 787 will serve the Operators and Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) Market. Moreover, this will certainly bring down the cost of spare parts as Boeing 787s are approaching 12-year checks.

These planes have once flown with Norwegian Air Shuttle (DY) and are having registration VP-CVL and VP-CVM. Currently, they are resting at the bay in Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK), Scotland.

As reported by Paddleyourownkanoo.com, Norse Atlantic (N0), which uses an identical business model to DY, acquiesced to lease DY’s fleet of 787-9 aircraft, but the 787-8 variant was left to depreciate at PIK.

Steven Trowell, the Hangar Manager for EirTrade Aviation company stated, “Understandably, there has been huge interest in these aircraft.” According to him, it will take roughly three months to finish the dismantling work at PIK.

EirTrade Aviation’s CEO Ken Fitzgibbon while commenting on the development said, “With the first Boeing 787s approaching the 12-year inspection, the dismantling of these two Boeing 787 aircraft could not come at a better time for operators & maintenance facilities.”

“As no Boeing 787s have been dismissed from commercial service to date, there is nearly no USM market for this platform at the point,” Fitzgibbon further added.

The Scottish company instead of moving these jets to more suitable facilities in Knock decided to scrap them at PIX, Scotland.

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