New Delhi: The
grounding of six Air India Boeing 787 dreamliners has put the spotlight on the
total order for 27 of these aircraft placed by the national carrier in
2005.
Air India had acquired six
of these aircrafts while 21 are yet to be delivered. When asked whether Air
India could cancel the orders for the 21 aircraft following the global
controversy over the battery systems of these aircraft, civil aviation minister
Ajit Singh said, “no decision would be taken in haste” and that one would have
to wait for some more time before some clarity emerges. He pointed out that
Boeing has 800 orders world-wide for these aircraft.
Highly placed civil
aviation ministry sources have already indicated that Air India would seek
compensation for the grounding.
The aircraft were grounded
following an airworthiness directive issued on Thursday by the US Federal
Aviation Agency (FAA). AI may receive an interim report soon on the status of
the aircraft and its battery systems from the manufacturer Boeing.
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