Boeing has to check manufacturing flaws on 787 Dreamliner

The world's biggest aerospace company Boeing Co. is reluctant to fly its test fleet of five 787 Dreamliners until problems relating to the jets' horizontal stabilizers is resolved. However, the delivery schedule of the jet will remain unaffected, the company said.
The Chicago, Illinois-based company said on Thursday that it has "identified a workmanship issue with the 787's horizontal stabilizers."
"Some airplanes have issues with improperly installed shims and the torque of associated fasteners. This finding requires inspection of all airplanes and rework if discrepancies are found," the company said in a statement.
Boeing said fixing each plane will take up to eight days. The horizontal stabilizers of 787s are manufactured by Foggia, Italy-based Alenia Aeronautica.
Boeing, however, does not expect its inspections to delay deliveries of the jes to customers. The company, which has received more than 850 orders for the plane, is scheduled to deliver the first batch to Japan's All-Nippon Airways by the end of this year. Other customers include German low-cost carrier Air Berlin, Kuwait's Aviation Lease and Finance Co., world's biggest aircraft leasing company International Lease Finance, United Arab Emirates' (UAE) national carrier Etihad Airways, Australian carrier Qantas Airways, and India's national flag carrier Air India.
25/06/10 Surojit Chatterjee/International Business Times

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