C130J transport plane was hitting problem after problem, it lost a key satellite surveillance contract to Boeing, and losses kept piling up.
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Musk went through a detailed description of the battery problem on the plane.
If there is a mechanical problem with a plane, or a pilot is sick, then chances are the flight will be canceled.
Another problem: building a plane that would stabilize itself if a user put down its controller.
Musk also recently gave help to Boeing on its battery problem for its new 787 plane, after getting a call for help from Richard Branson.
The A350's delay is due to a production problem involving drilling holes in the plane's wings.
"We have checked the plane's documents and there is no problem concerning maintenance, " he is quoted as saying by AP.
The board has not so far said the battery problem would endanger the safety of the plane in flight nor recommended that the planes be grounded.
"I said, 'I am on the plane and we are experiencing problems or there's a problem with the engine, ' " Camastra said.
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"With the Qatar game, it was a round trip of about 16 hours in a plane and it wouldn't have been good for my problem, " he said.
The problem is that the Air Force says it needs the plane to counter, in part, U.S. airplanes that have been sold overseas.
The problem is thought to be a short-term one and the plane is expected to be ready to depart later.
Camastra and three other passengers on the January 13 flight recalled that crew members said they would turn the plane around and head back to New York, but the pilot announced shortly after that the problem had been corrected.
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