Thread: Another 10 Month Delay for Boeing 787

Looks like Boeing's increasingly Third World work force may not be capable of finishing a new airplane design.

Boeing pushes Diversity as if it's the official cult religion of the company (in a way it is). Boeing's last completely new design was the 777, which was done 20 years ago when their work force was a lot Whiter.

Boeing signals 787 delays up to 10 months: report - Yahoo! News


Boeing signals 787 delays up to 10 months: report



A Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft does a flyby at the Farnborough Airshow, Hampshire, on July 2010.



– Fri Nov 5, 5:14 pm ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) – US aerospace giant Boeing has warned some customers its new 787 Dreamliner will face delays of up to 10 months, Aviation Week reported Friday, citing industry sources.

According to people familiar with the situation, Korean Air is the airline hardest hit so far, the industry magazine said on its website.

Korean will get its first 787 in August 2012, 10 months later than previously planned.

Air India now is believed to be scheduled to receive its first 787 in September or October 2011 instead of April, a delay of around five months.

And Japan Airlines will take delivery of its first 787 in June 2011 at the earliest, Aviation Week said. That compares to a previous March delivery date.

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The analysis of the wing-fuselage joint was done wrong.

Obviously this is the most important analysis for the whole project since a wing breaking off in flight is the worst case scenario.

A second analysis was done which found major flaws in the original Boeing analysis.

For Boeing, it's finally time to test-fly the 787 Dreamliner - DailyFinance

It appears that the 787's biggest technical problem -- the risk of detachment between the wing and the fuselage -- has been fixed well enough for the test flight. According to the Journal, Boeing claims that its analysis of the results of another test confirmed that "the fix made to the area where the wing meets the fuselage could satisfactorily handle the stresses of flight."

See full article from DailyFinance: For Boeing, it's finally time to test-fly the 787 Dreamliner - DailyFinance

Boeing news | Boeing 787 wing flaw extends inside plane | Seattle Times Newspaper
Boeing 787 wing flaw extends inside plane

July 30, 2009

The wing damage that grounded Boeing's new composite plastic 787 Dreamliner occurred under less stress and is more extensive than previously reported.


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The wing damage that grounded Boeing's new composite 787 Dreamliner occurred under less stress than previously reported — and is more extensive.


An engineer familiar with the details said the damage happened when the stress on the wings was well below the load the wings must bear to be federally certified to carry passengers.


In addition, information obtained independently and confirmed by a second engineer familiar with the problem shows the damage occurred on both sides of the wing-body join — that is, on the outer wing as well as inside the fuselage.


The structural flaw in the Boeing design was found in May during a ground test that bent the wings upward. Stresses at the ends of the long rods that stiffen the upper wing skin panels caused the fibrous layers of the composite plastic material to delaminate.


The damage at the end of each of the 17 long stiffening rods, called stringers, on each wing's upper skin happened just beyond the aircraft's "limit load," which is the maximum load the wing is expected to bear in service.