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Article: Boeing again delays 787 debut
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- April 10, 2008
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Boeing again pushes back 787 CHICAGO (AP) -- Boeing Co. pushed
back its oft-delayed 787 jetliner by another six months Tuesday,
postponing the jet's debut in commercial service until the third
quarter of 2009, further jolting the company's credibility and
likely costing it billions of dollars in additional costs and
penalties. The latest delays -- the third revision to its delivery
schedule and fourth switch in the plans for first test flight --
underscore the problems Boeing is having keeping to a schedule while
leaning heavily for the first time on outside contractors to do most
of the manufacturing. The aircraft touted for its potential to be
more fuel-efficient than other large jets is ...
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