While Boeing is recovering just 58 days of strike by its mechanics and workers that Airbus is facing new difficulties on the A40M, the U.S. manufacturer indqiué Tuesday that the first test flight of the new Boeing, the B787 "Dreamliner", will no longer occur by the end of the year as expected even a few weeks ago.
The first test flight of the Dreamliner will not be conducted in the fourth quarter, "said Yvonne Leach indicated, noting also that the management of Boeing estimated the situation. This says nothing is worth ...
This new delay - the fourth for this device - would be due to problems at the fasteners used. The strike led by engineers working group did nothing arranged in the case. Inspectors from the manufacturer found that 3% of fasteners used for final assembly of the fuselage, which takes place on the site of Everett (north-western USA) had been improperly installed. These problems are being rectified on the site in Everett and subcontractors involved, however, says Leach.
Because of the strike, several analysts had already bet on further delays for the 787, some relying on five aircraft delivered in 2009 against 25 planned by the group. The management of Boeing itself had admitted that a long strike could affect the timetable for the Dreamliner.
Some analysts predict nénamoins on "reasonable time" arguing that "only 3% of fixations are poorly fitted," which "should not generate additional time beyond the time of inspection and reassembly.
No new timetable for the Dreamliner has been provided, while the project has already taken nearly two years behind its original schedule because of manufacturing problems. The last calendar date provided for a test flight in the fourth quarter, for the first deliveries to customers in 2009.
The production of the B787 had to be postponed several times. First, because of a shortage of parts and because of problems related to the new production process. Which advocates use of suppliers around the world to build large parts of the aircraft before assembling the United States, in Everett.
Boeing potentially exposed to claims of client companies, which so far have ordered nearly 900 copies of this new generation aircraft.
Certainly, airlines remain enthusiastic about this new device with a composite carbon-based, which should reduce consumption by 20% kerosene. But some of them beginning to lose patience in face delays, while the aircraft was originally theoretically enter service in May this year.( Finance Information City )
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