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Incident: Qatar B788 near Doha on Dec 8th 2012, generator failure
A Qatar Airways Boeing 787-800, registration A7-BCA performing delivery flight QR-3787 (dep Dec 7th) from Victorville,CA (USA) to Doha (Qatar), completed what appeared to be an eventless 14:37 hours flight with a safe landing on Doha's runway 33 at about 20:06L (17:06Z).
The aircraft wasn't seen since.
On Dec 13th the chairman of Qatar Airways said in an interview that on its delivery flight their third Boeing 787 suffered the same generator failure, that had caused a United Boeing 787 to divert to New Orleans, see Incident: United B788 near New Orleans on Dec 4th 2012, electrical problems causing concerns of electrical heat on board, causing the aircraft to be grounded since Dec 9th. A Boeing repair team and spare parts are being dispatched, the aircraft is expected to remain on the ground for four more days. The chairman voiced his disappointment with Boeing stating "we are buying planes from them to use them, not to put in a museum".
Qatar Airways had received their first Boeing 787 A7-BCB on Nov 13th, which began service on Nov 20th, and their second Boeing 787 A7-BCL on Nov 23rd beginning service on Nov 26th.
The Aviation Herald