Boeing Sees 787 Check Slowing Work While Delivery Goal Met
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Boeing Co. said 2012 deliveries for the 787 Dreamliner should stay on schedule after an initial slowdown of work as the first composite-plastic passenger jet is inspected for signs of delamination on the fuselage.
“We’re working through the engineering on it and we don’t think it’ll impact our deliveries for the year,” Boeing Commercial Airplanes President Jim Albaugh told reporters today suburban Seattle. “It’ll slow things down initially, though.”