Fifteen airline received a warning about the possibility of the formation of ice on aircraft engines and the Boeing 747-8 Dreamliner 787 .
The threat of freezing is thought to affect a number of types of machines made by General Electric when the plane flew closer to the location of the storm brought high levels , and had led to the cancellation of two flights of Japan Airlines for two international routes .
It counted at least six incidents since last April where aircraft using GE -made engine suddenly died while in altitude .
For the production of Boeing's Dreamliner , the issue becomes the latest technical issues that must be addressed .
Due to battery problems before the beginning of the year the entire fleet of jumbo jets new type must be grounded for repairs .
So far the new passenger aircraft Boeing 787 Dreamliner and the 747-8 series which allegedly affected the freezing problem at this altitude .
Rolls Royce engine
Airlines are being warned of the possibility of this incident , among others, Lufthansa , United Airlines and Japan Airlines .
In a written warning that the aircraft engines made by GE , GE 's GEnx , advised not taken fly as far as 50 nautical miles from the direction of the storm is likely to bring ice crystal grains .
As a result, JAL decided not lose its Dreamliner fleet to flight Tokyo - Delhi - Singapore and Tokyo .
" Boeing and JAL together committed to the safety of passengers and crew who were on our plane flight . We respect JAL 's decision to suspend operations in some 787 fleet portion of the route, " said a Boeing spokesman Click , how was quoted by Reuters .
While at the same time GE and Boeing are working to find a way to overcome this problem with a modified engine control system software .
The same problem is not encountered by airline British Airways which uses machine-made Rolls Royce on their ramada Dreamliner aircraft , the BBC's Ben Geoghegan . ( BBC )
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