Wing and a Prayer
Boeing Discovers 'Hairline Cracks' In The Wings Of 40 787
Dreamliners; Number Of Deliveries Aimed Unchanged
By Sneha Shankar
on March 08 2014 10:51 AM
Boeing Company
(NYSE:BA) said Friday that it discovered “hairline cracks” in the wings of
about 40 787 Dreamliners that are currently in production, according to news
reports.
The Chicago-based company said that the cracks have not been found in
planes that are currently in use by airlines and that the company’s plans to
deliver 110 787 Dreamliners this year remains unchanged, Reuters reported,
citing the company. The cracks reportedly also appeared on 787-9 models, which
are currently in flight tests and which could delay the date of delivery for
the aircrafts by a few weeks. The problem is said to have started after the
Japanese wing maker Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries made changes in its manufacturing process and informed Boeing
about the issue in February.
“The affected areas are very small
and the time required to address the issue will vary between one and two
weeks," the company reportedly said in a statement.
"There may be some delays in
deliveries, but we expect no impact to 2014 delivery guidance," the
statement reportedly added, according to the BBC.
Boeing plans to deliver 110 787s
this year earning between $87.5 billion and $90.5 billion in revenue. It has
delivered nine planes so far, including the one it delivered on Friday, Reuters
reported.
The 787 Dreamliner has been
hampered with problems in spite of being one of the most advanced planes in the
industry. An entire fleet in operation was grounded by regulators last year,
stating safety concerns. Also, a fire broke out in a 787 Dreamliner due to a
battery issue, which required an emergency landing for an All Nippon Airways
flight in Boston
in January.
Boeing has reportedly redesigned
the battery system.
A fire also started on an
Ethiopian Airlines 787 plane in July last year while it was parked at London's Heathrow
Airport. In August, All
Nippon Airways said that it found problems in the battery wiring on two 787
locator transmitters.
U.S. carrier United Airlines also found a pinched wire during
an inspection of one of its six 787s.
"If we find an affected area,
we'll correct the issue by trimming out the area and applying a fabricated
piece in its place," Doug Alder, a company spokesperson said, according to
Reuters.
Boeing Company
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the Boeing Company.
Note: Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is a senior
counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer
& Feld, LLP, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s
great uncle, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think
tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank), and the Committee for Economic Development.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Valerie B. Jarrett
is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior
adviser for the Barack Obama
administration, and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
R.
Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Newton
N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP, and his maternal grandmother was Madelyn Payne Dunham.
Madelyn
Payne Dunham was Barack Obama’s maternal grandmother, and an
aircraft inspector for the Boeing Company.
W.
James McNerney Jr. is the chairman & president & CEO for the
Boeing Company,and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
William M.
Daley is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, a member of the
Council on Foreign Relations (think
tank), Mayor Richard M. Daley’s
brother, was and the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration,
and a director at the Boeing Company.
Mitsubishi
Heavy Industries America, Inc. is a corporate member of the Council on Foreign Relations (think tank).
Minoru
Makihara was the chairman for the Mitsubishi
Corporation, and is an international advisory board member for the Coca-Cola Company.
Richard
M. Daley is a director at the Coca-Cola
Company, William M. Daley’s
brother, a member of the Commercial Club
of Chicago, and was the Chicago (IL)
mayor.
Edward
M. Liddy is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a director
at the Boeing Company.
James
A. Bell is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was the
EVP & CFO for the Boeing Company.
Kenneth M.
Duberstein is a director at the Boeing Company, a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank), and was the VP for the Committee for Economic Development.
Donna
S. Morea was a trustee at the Committee
for Economic Development, and the EVP for the CGI Group Inc.
CGI Group Inc.
was the Obamacare contractor that
developed Healthcare.gov web site.
Obamacare
is Barack Obama’s signature policy
initiative.
Barbara G. Fast
was a VP for the CGI Group Inc, and a
VP at the Boeing Company.
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