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The delivered planes were allowed to continue to fly, but the non-conformance with Boeing’s standards led to long periods in recent years during which the aircraft maker had to halt deliveries ...
The Boeing 787-8 has around 210-250 seats, the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner has around 250-290, and the Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner has around 300-330 seats. The total number of seats also varies ...
Since 2012, the FAA had successfully pushed to increase the scope of delegating safety checks to the manufacturer. [ 19 ] On 4 February 2013, an article in The Seattle Times written by journalist Kyung Song [ 4 ] critiqued the process by which the airworthiness certificate was obtained for the Boeing 787 because approvals for the lithium ion ...
A Boeing engineer-turned-whistleblower who contends that the aerospace giant’s 787 Dreamliner is unsafe to fly due to assembly flaws doubled down on his claims Tuesday, saying that the plane ...
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a report on December 1, 2014, and assigned blame to several groups: [3] GS Yuasa of Japan, for battery manufacturing methods that could introduce defects not caught by inspection; Boeing's engineers, who failed to consider and test for worst-case battery failures
Boeing is facing newly revealed whistleblower claims that its 787 Dreamliner planes have structural failings that could eventually cause them to break apart, adding to the unprecedented crisis ...
During the late 1990s, Boeing considered replacement aircraft programs due to slowing sales of the 767 and 747-400.Two new aircraft were proposed. The 747X would have lengthened the 747-400 and improved efficiency, and the Sonic Cruiser would have achieved 15% higher speeds (approximately Mach 0.98) while burning fuel at the same rate as the 767. [2]
Boeing said its engineers have determined that misconduct did not create “an immediate safety of flight issue.” In an email to Boeing's South Carolina employees on April 29, Scott Stocker, who leads the 787 program, said a worker observed an “irregularity” in a required test of the wing-to-body join and reported it to his manager.