New move to prevent Boeing 787s failure

Boeing 787s need to be turned off and on again every 51 days to prevent ‘potentially catastrophic failure’ due to a glitch that results in pilots being fed FALSE data on airspeed and altitude.

Boeing’s 787 airliners will soon have to be turned off and on again at least every 51 days to prevent ‘several potentially catastrophic failure scenarios’.

A directive from the US government will force the planes to be shut down regularly to avoid glitches in the on-board computer systems.

If left for too long without being powered down, swathes of data can accumulate in the software and wreak havoc with the information displayed to pilots.

This could lead to incorrect data on airspeed, altitude and attitude being shown on primary displays, making it harder for pilots to maintain the safe flight and landing of the plane, according to the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA).

According to the Register, planes are often left turned on for weeks at a time as crews change at airports or the planes are plugged in overnight during cleaning and maintenance.

The flaw with the software sees data clogging up the systems and feeding false information to pilots for various key metrics.

For example the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) airworthiness directive, states airspeed, attitude and altitude