Dreamliner 'absolutely' safe: Senior Boeing executive
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An All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Tokyo's Haneda airport. The grounded 787 Dreamliner is safe, a senior Boeing executive told a press conference in Tokyo on March 15, 2013 as the company looks to reassure airlines and passengers about its flagship aircraft. -- FILE PHOTO: AFP
TOKYO (AFP) - The grounded 787 Dreamliner is safe, a senior Boeing executive told a press conference in Tokyo on Friday as the company looks to reassure airlines and passengers about its flagship aircraft.
"I get often asked if I think the airplane is still safe. My answer is simple. Absolutely," Mike Sinnett, the chief project engineer on the 787, told reporters.
Sinnett was speaking as part of a push by the manufacturer to explain how it planned to fix battery problems that have left 50 of the world's most advanced airplanes parked up since mid-January after two malfunctions.
He said an investigation into the incidents in the United States and Japan had proved the aircraft's safety measures had kicked in properly.
