Boeing to replace AI Dreamliner windshields

After a series of incidents of cracks in windshields in Air India’s Dreamliners, manufacturer Boeing has said that it is developing a new design with improved features. Boeing has also promised to replace the old windshields, Civil Aviation Minister Mr Ashok Gajapati Raju informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply. Four cases were reported between November 3, 2013 and June 17, 2014. “Ongoing investigations by Boeing indicates that moisture ingress has resulted in an increased rate of occurrence of cracking on non-structural outer glass ply, which does not affect the safety of the aircraft due to windshield’s multiple-layer construction,” Mr Raju said. The first case was reported on November 3 in a Delhi-Melbourne flight after landing there, while the second incident took place on a Mumbai-Delhi flight on December 14. The other incidents took place on Frankfurt-Delhi flight on May 9 and the fourth on Delhi-Kolkata flight on June 17.

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