Japan's biggest airline grounds Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights over engine issues

Japan's biggest airline has decided to ground Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights. The reason for taking decision is the faulty engine which is the at most requirement for flying. Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) is the world's biggest Dreamliner operator.

According to The Rakyat Post, ANA is expected to ground more Dreamliners in coming weeks. The grounding of these flights will result in the cancellation of almost 350 flights. Japanese carrier ANA holdings need to replace damaged compressive blade in the Rolls Royce Engine of the flights. The carrier said that the blades in the engines showed the signs of corrosion and it doesn't want to take any risks for that concern.

Japanese Carrier ANA is the biggest Boeing 787 Dreamliner operator in the world; around 49 flights are being operated worldwide. 168 aircrafts use Rolls Royce engine out of 445 aircrafts around the world.

A spokesman for Boeing in Tokyo said, "We are aware of the situation and are working with Rolls-Royce and ANA to resolve any issues impacting the airplanes in service,"

Rolls Royce has also officially emailed and stated that "Working closely with ANA to minimize the effect on aircraft service disruption".

Any purchaser of Dreamliner can choose the maker of engine required in their flights. The Dreamliners are normally fitted with either of two engines; Rolls-Royce engine or General Electric Co's GEnx engine.

According to The Guardian, ANA has already started to take action on the flights running worldwide. The aircrafts were seen with same problem of corroded medium pressure turbine blades.

The Dreamliner was launched in 2011 and was made to have 20% more fuel efficient and 30% cheaper to maintain than the normal convention aircrafts. The plane, which is made of carbon fiber and other lightweight materials, also features design improvements for more comfortable medium and long-haul flights.

According to NDTV, in 2013 Dreamliners had electrical problems and were subjected to grounding. Some aircrafts met with battery issues and some with overheating issues. There were replacements made to prevent repetitions in the problems.