Boeing has temporarily suspended deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner aircraft while it conducts further analysis of a fuselage component, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said yesterday. Deliveries of the model had already been halted twice in recent years.
As reported by Reuters, the government agency in charge of regulating civil aviation in the country remarked that deliveries will not resume until the problem is completely resolved. In that sense, its representatives explained that they are working with Boeing to determine any necessary action for the recently delivered aircraft.
Boeing said that supplier Spirit AeroSystems reportedly made an error in the analysis of the forward pressure bulkhead, a structural component that separates the pressurised and unpressurised space at the ends of the aircraft. As a result, the company notified the regulator and paused deliveries of new 787 airplanes.
According to Reuters, the company supplying the component said «it is too early to assert there was an analysis error». For its part, Boeing clarified that «there is no immediate safety or flight concern for the in-service fleet». In addition, the 787 manufacturer said that while deliveries will be affected in the short term, it does not currently foresee any changes to the annual production projection.
Boeing 787 deliveries halted again
The model has already experienced similar difficulties in recent years due to production defects initially discovered in 2020 and other problems that arose from extensive testing of the aircraft. As a result, Boeing had to slow the pace of production.
Deliveries were halted between November 2020 and March 2021, and suspended again between May 2021 and August 2022. As of last 26 January, deliveries are again on hold.
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