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Article: Boeing delays test flight of 787 and any deliveries till next year
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- November 5, 2008
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The Boeing Co. said Tuesday that its new long-range airplane, the
787, would not make its first test flight this year because of
delays caused by a machinists' strike.
The setback is the latest in the development of the plane,
nicknamed the Dreamliner, which is Boeing's first major new aircraft
in more than a decade. Boeing has 903 orders for the 787, whose
first customer is All Nippon Airlines of Japan.
The Dreamliner, which will include innovations like a lightweight
composite air frame and engines that are more fuel-efficient, was
originally scheduled to be completed this year.
But Boeing has pushed back the 787's introduction date several
times because of production delays, and ...