Japanese authorities have launched a probe into the cause of two fuel leaks on the same Dreamliner aircraft.
Last week, the Japan Airlines’ Boeing 787 leaked fuel on to the runway at Boston’s Logan airport and there was another leak on Sunday as the aircraft was being checked over.
The move by the Japanese transport ministry comes just days after aviation authorities in the US opened their own investigation into recent incidents with several Dreamliner aircraft, although they insisted that they were still “safe to fly”.
Japan’s transport ministry said in a statement: “Given the fuel leakage incidents occurred in succession, the minister directed the aviation director of the Regional Civil Aviation Bureau to open an investigation and find the causes of the two leaks as soon as possible.”
Around half of the 50 Dreamliners currently in service are operated by Japan’s two major airlines, JAL and All Nippon Airways (ANA).
JAL said of the latest incident: “Fuel from a nozzle on the left wing used for discharging fuel leaked out.
“This aircraft was not scheduled to be in service and no passengers or working staff on the ground were injured. Appropriate inspections will be carried out.”