Boeing to delay first delivery of 787

[jordi_fanclub]

Source: Reuters (Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:36pm EDT)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co on Wednesday pushed back first deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner by at least six months as it struggles to assemble the new lightweight, carbon-composite plane.

The delay is an embarrassing setback for Boeing, which has for months insisted it would meet its delivery timetable, and mirrors delays suffered by rival Airbus on its A380 superjumbo.
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The delay is a blow to Japan's All Nippon Airways Co, the first 787 customer, which was hoping to ferry passengers to next summer's Beijing Olympic Games...

FIRST FLIGHT ALSO PUT BACK
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It said it now expects the first test flight of the 787 to take place "around the end of the first quarter" next year, suggesting it could be as late as March or even April 2008.

That is a drastic extension to its original plan to start airborne tests in August 2007. In early September, Boeing scheduled the first test flight for mid-November to mid-December as it wrestled with software problems and a shortage of bolts.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN1024046720071010

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Yeh... "bolts" shortage!

[Bombero1956]

1. umm

Airbus didn't buy up all the bolts did they?

[micraphone]

3. No, Halliburton bought the lot.....

And sent them to Iraq at a cost of $65,923 each (including freight).

[Stella_Artois]

2. I'm sorry, but there is some irony here

MANY Americans derided Airbus for delays to the A380.

Now Boeing delay the arguably less complex 787.

[Nihil]

5. So true ...

:evilgrin:

[Doctor Cynic]

4. Software problems

how many software team members also worked on Windows Vista? ;)