WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities on Friday ordered a detailed inspection of critical systems for the Boeing 787 after a series of incidents that have affected the Dreamliner, including a crack in the windshield of cockpit and a fuel leak Friday Japon.
The Civil Aviation Authority (FAA) said that the investigation would cover both the design, manufacture and assembly of the unit .
"There are concerns about recent incidents involving the Boeing 787," admitted the U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood during a conference presse.
This initiative aims to "preserve confidence" in the public Dreamliner, said his side the FAA Administrator Michael Huerta, adding that experts are particularly interested in innovative electric system with which a 787.
This system saves weight and fuel supporting hydraulic functions and air conditioning in place of traditional pneumatic systems, but it has experienced several failures and caused a fire Monday on a unit of Japan Airlines ( JAL) at the airport Boston.
Boeing has welcomed the opening of the investigation in a statement expressed his "confidence in the system design and manufacturing company" .
incidents that have affected the Dreamliner are not "exceptionally unusual" for a new aircraft, commercial director assured the American manufacturer, Ray Conner at the conference presse.
U.S. authorities had to react after new incidents which affected two 787 Friday Japon.
The All Nippon Airways (ANA) announced that one of its Boeing 787 landed safely in Matsuyama, in the west of the archipelago, after a crack in the windshield cockpit.
A fuel leak was detected in the left engine of another company Dreamliner after landing at the airport in Miyazaki, southern Japan. The plane was able to return to Tokyo late, said a spokesman for ANA .
INDIA IS "CONCERNED"
While some analysts believe
normal to see a device as sophisticated and closely monitored teething, others believe that the proliferation of such incidents could affect public confidence and therefore companies aériennes.
In India, the national carrier Air India took delivery of six Dreamliners and several others on order, a government official on Friday expressed "concern" to these problems techniques.
He added that New Delhi was awaiting the results of an initial investigation by U.S. authorities last month after the discovery of fuel leaks on two appareils.
Boeing
action yielded 2.54% to 75.13 dollars on Wall Street about 16.30 GMT.
The Boeing 787, new technological jewel of the American manufacturer, the catalog price of $ 207 million (156 million euros), made its first commercial flight in late 2011, after a series of setbacks that have delayed more than three years its formatting service.
end of 2012, Boeing had received orders for 848 Dreamliners and 49 were delivered, including 24 Japanese companies with All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines (JAL) .
In addition
fire, JAL had to cancel the takeoff of another of his 787 Tuesday in Boston. Wednesday, the company announced the cancellation of its domestic flights because of problems freinage.
ANA did not want to turn dramatize the appearance of a crack on the windshield of the cockpit of one of its Dreamliner.
"Some cracks of this kind occur each year on other devices. We do not consider this as a fundamental problem" Boeing has secured a spokesman for the company aérienne.
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787 ANA has also inaugurated Friday transpacific line between the airport and Tokyo Marita San Jose, Californie.
"We have complete confidence in our 787 and our customers too," Ray assured Conner.
Tangi Salaün for the French service, edited by Dominique Rodriguez