FAA regulators ground all Boeing 787 Dreamliners
U.S. regulators grounded all Boeing787 Dreamliner jetliners Wednesday after a series of recent incidents raised concerns about the aircrafts’ safety.
The Federal Aviation Administration issued an ‘emergency airworthiness directive’ that required all Dreamliners to ‘temporarily cease operations.’ Regulators cited an an issue with a lithium ion battery that forced one of the planes to make an emergency landing in Japan on Wednesday.
‘Before further flight, operators of U.S.-registered Boeing 787 aircraft must demonstrate to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that the batteries are safe,’ the agency said in a statement.