The Wall Street Journal report today that Boeing ’s long - suffer 787 Dreamliner has hityet another snag : At least 42 newly - give rise spirt may have hairline fractures along the wings . Luckily , the planes have n’t been delivered to buyer yet , but it ’s still bad tidings for Boeing .
It seems the crack may have result during the early stage of fabrication . Boeing ’s wingmaker — Mitsubishi Heavy IndustriesLtd — report that the problem was sparked by a recent “ change in its fabrication cognitive process . ” That ’s jolly of a surprisal consort to the WSJ , since Nipponese manufacturer are generally wait upon as the gold standard for other plants , including Boeing ’s own .
The skilful news ? The cracks do n’t dissemble any Dreamliners that have already been delivered , and Boeing expects resort to take only a hebdomad or two for each aeroplane :
A spokesman for Boeing said it expects each airplane will take one to two weeks to audit and correct , depending on its posture in the product appendage . About 17 of the 42 aircraft are full finish and seven have been undergoing pre - delivery flight tests , agree to extraneous sources tracking the programme .
Still , this is just the later instalment in the Dreamliner ’s long drubbing — in January , Reuters reported onyet another smoking Dreamliner assault and battery . And only a few days by and by , a rider aboard one planecaptured video of fuel pouring from a wing(which , according to some , was not touch on to a malfunction ) . It ’s enough to make you wonder if Boeing ever catch a break — other than the one in the Dreamliner ’s wings , of course . [ Wall Street Journal ]
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