Today an emergency landing because of smoke in the cockpit on a Japanese flight has grounded the All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliner Aircrafts. The incident follows a fire on another Boeing 787 at Logan International Airport in Boston earlier this month.
Clive Irving, senior consulting editor at Condé Nast Traveler, explores the problems facing Boeing going forward.
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