The first
787 Dreamliner is delivered to Japan Airlines at Paine Field Airport
in
Everett, Washington on March 26, 2012 (Getty Images/AFP/File,
Stephen Brashear)
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BOSTON — A
Japan Airlines Boeing 787 that was to fly to Tokyo was grounded in Boston
Tuesday following a fuel spill, one day after another plane of the same type
suffered a fire, government officials said.
"Japan
Airlines flight 7 was leaking fuel" as it was taxiing before taking off,
said Matthew Brelis, a spokesman for Massport, the local airport authority.
Around 40 gallons of fuel spilled, according to Brelis.
Since the
incident around midday, the spill has been stopped and the tarmac cleaned up,
Brelis added.
The plane
is currently being analyzed and the reasons for the problem are not yet known,
said a spokesperson for JAL.
After the
aircraft returned to the gate, passengers disembarked the aircraft, said the
JAL spokeswoman.
It was the
second incident involving a Boeing 787 in two days.
On Monday,
a smoky fire broke out on another JAL aircraft of the same model after it
landed in Boston from Japan.
A Boeing
statement said it would be "premature" to discuss Monday's incident
prior to a complete investigation.
The
National Transportation Safety Board, which rushed three inspectors and a
technical team to the sight, opened an official investigation into the Monday
incident. The NTSB said the fire was the result of an electrical problem.
The two
incidents come as Boeing accelerates production of its mid-sized, long-range
Boeing 787 Dreamliner despite other recent incidents involving the plane.
The Boeing
statement said Monday's incident was not analogous to the earlier cases.
"Nothing
that we've seen in this case indicates a relationship to any previous 787 power
system events, which involved power panel faults elsewhere in the aft
electrical equipment bay," Boeing said.
JAL, along
with fellow Japanese firm All Nippon Airways, is one of Boeing's most important
clients, with 45 orders for the 787.
Boeing
shares lost 2.6 percent to $74.13 Tuesday.
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