New York: Boeing faces a further three-week delay on its new 787 Dreamliner, a respected industry blog reported on Wednesday, as the plane maker hustles to meet its end-March deadline for getting the plane in the air for the first time.
A delay would be an embarrassing blow for Boeing, which only last month insisted the 787 was on track to meet its revised schedule. In October, Boeing put back first delivery of the plane by at least six months due to production problems.
"Internal schedules show the overall assembly calendar for Boeing's Dreamliner One around three weeks behind the revised schedule," a post on FlightBlogger said on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources in Everett, Washington, where Boeing's 787 facilities are located. |
