Electronic windows KO on 787: British Airways passengers fly for 14 hours without being able to black out the cabin
There are those who love them and those, on the contrary, who hate them. I am referring to electronic windows: and who has seen at least [...]
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Some people love them and some, on the contrary, hate them. I refer to the electronic windows: and who has seen at least one video posted on the YouTube channel of TheFlightClub knows that the Barbone, Matteo Rainisio, is definitely not a fan of this technology.
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We are talking about windows because, in recent hours, is 'bouncing' everywhere on the web and social networks the misadventure experienced a few days ago by passengers on a flight operated by British Airways. But let's go in order.
The flight number BA6 identifies the connection between Tokyo (Haneda) e London (Heathrow), operated daily by the British national airline: we take off from HND at 1:05 p.m. and land in LHR after about 14 hours of flight time, at 7:55 p.m. (local time). We are talking about a flight that is completely daytime: flying westward, in fact, in a way. you 'chase' the sun. And this detail is central to the story we are about to tell.
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Fourteen hours aboard an airplane is not a few, it is obvious. Here, imagine doing them without, however, having the chance to take a nap because of electric windows that do not dim...This is exactly what some passengers-not all-who were on board the Boeing 787-9 'Dreamliner' operating the route in question experienced.
Photo: British Airways Complaints Advice (Facebook group)
This was told by a passenger in the Facebook group "British Airways Complaints Advice," specifying that only the windows on the right side had the blackout mechanism not working, while the others had no problem. In the post, it is further explained that the malfunction was found to be before leaving, when the plane was still on the ground: so much so that British's crew called in engineers who, however, were unable to restore the problem.
Photo: British Airways Complaints Advice (Facebook group)
At that point there was only one thing left to do: flaunt the art of making do. The flight attendants, as can be seen from the photos, had no choice but to apply in each non-functioning window some paper placemats, in an effort to filter out as much light as possible. Technology, when it works, is one of the most beautiful things in the world; on the contrary, when it does not 'cooperate' it can turn out to be a terrible nightmare, and this affair demonstrates this perfectly.
Only two aircraft have currently adopted electric windows: the B787, the first ever to have this technology, and theA350. The difference between the two? Trivially, airlines buying Airbus' flagship will be able to decide whether to have traditional blinds or more 'technological' ones; in contrast, Dreamliners are produced only with electronic windows.
