U.S. airlines must adjust fuel-drain systems in 258 Boeing 747s at a total cost of $10.2 million to prevent leaks that could result in fires, regulators said.

The Federal Aviation Administration said it will propose the action in the Federal Register tomorrow after receiving a report of fuel leaks in the leading edge of a wing in a 737 plane. The affected 747s have a similar design, the FAA said.

Airlines have five years to complete the adjustment from the time the FAA makes its proposal final, according to the notice posted today. Airlines have 45 days to comment.

The FAA said it issued a directive in 2009 to address the fuel-drain issue in 757 aircraft and is considering rulemakings for 737 and 767 planes.

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A QANTAS Airways Boeing 747, 400 en route to Los Angeles from Sydney made an emergency landing at Nadi Airport in Fiji  on Tuesday.

Qantas senior communications adviser Sophia Connelly said the aircraft was diverted as a safety measure.

“Approximately one hour past Nadi, the flight crew received an indication that a fuel valve was faulty and elected to return the aircraft to Nadi to rectify the issue,” she said.

“Passengers were accommodated overnight and the flight left for New York via LA this (yesterday) morning.”

The Qantas flight QF107 had 375 passengers and 22 crew on board the aircraft.

Airports Fiji Limited general manager airports Lawrence Liew confirmed the incident. He said passengers were billeted at hotels around Nadi for the night.

He also said a second Qantas 747, 400 arrived at 3.45am yesterday and picked up the passengers to continue their journey to LA, departing at 11.15am.

“Engineers are now repairing the engine on the Qantas Boeing 747.

“Once repairs are completed, it will be flown back to Sydney,” he said.

This is the second mishap for Qantas this year involving a Boeing 747 aircraft, after a takeoff from Sydney last week was aborted when an engine burst into flames on the runway as the aircraft was powering up for take off.

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Concerned about potentially hazardous takeoff problems affecting the Boeing 747-400, U.S. air-safety regulators have proposed mandatory fixes to ensure the jumbo jets will climb properly.

The FAA is acting after flaps on a 747-400 with Rolls Royce engines automatically retracted during takeoff, it said in an Aug. 5 Federal Register notice. A faulty signal from the engine’s control unit led to the retraction, which can impair a plane’s ability to take off, the agency said.

The proposed order would cover 98 U.S. aircraft and cost airlines about $85 per plane, the agency said in the notice. Boeing on Jan. 12 recommended modifying the 747-400 aircraft with engines made by  GE. and  Pratt & Whitney, which use the same signal design as the Rolls-Royce models, the FAA said.

The agency said the unsafe condition may result in “reduced climb performance” and cause a “collision with terrain and obstacles or forced landing of the airplane.”

The modification, described as not a “significant regulatory action,” will cost about $8,330 for the industry, the agency said.

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Air New Zealand’s first Boeing 747-400 will soon make one final flight to a wrecker’s yard as further capacity cuts loom in the face of a continued fall in demand for global air travel.

The 19-year-old jumbo, named The Bay of Islands, was grounded and put up for sale after completing Air New Zealand’s historic biofuel test flight in December.

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