FAA opens probe of Boeing Dreamliner woes

This Japan Airlines Boeing Dreamliner had to abort takeoff from Boston on Tuesday after the pilot of another plane spotted a fuel leak.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney)

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Federal Aviation Administrator Michael Huerta and Ray Conner, the head of Boeing (BA, Fortune 500)'s commercial airplanes unit, will appear at a joint news conference in Washington later Friday to discuss the plans for the investigation.

The latest problems were revealed Friday, when oil was discovered leaking from a generator of an engine of an All Nippon Airways Dreamliner at an airport in southern Japan, and a crack appeared in a cockpit window of another All Nippon plane en route from Tokyo to a city in western Japan, according to an All Nippon spokesperson.

This caps a week of problems that began Monday when a maintenance worker discovered an electrical fire aboard an empty Japan Airlines 787 scheduled for departure from Logan International Airport in Boston. The next day, a Japan Airlines flight bound for Tokyo aborted takeoff from Boston after a pilot on another airplane spotted the 787 leaking fuel. On Wednesday, an All Nippon Dreamliner flight was canceled after the crew received an error message related to the plane's braking system.

Related: The Dreamliner's ups and downs

The plane is widely seen as key to Boeing's future, using lightweight composite materials rather than aluminum to significantly improve its fuel efficiency. The first Dreamliner was put into service by Air Nippon in October 2011. But even that flight was more than three years behind the aircraft maker's original production schedule.

-- CNN Wires staff contributed to this story

First Published: January 11, 2013: 8:04 AM ET

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