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Boeing 787 Dreamliner Delayed Again

Posted by kdawson on from the just-make-it-fly-please dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It's not just that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner may be unsafe or vulnerable to hacker attacks. At this point, it seems everyone would be happy for it to arrive in any state. The 787's carbon-fiber construction and next-generation technology have pushed back their delivery schedule once again, this time requiring a redesign of the plane's wingbox. Airlines will have to wait 18 more months to get it delivered, which is an extremely serious blow to the credibility of the company and their financial standing, as they would have to pay penalties to the buyers of more than 850 of these planes. And we thought Airbus had problems." Good thing Boeing can still count on its patent portfolio.

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  1. They had a shot at Airbus by twomi · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    First, Airbus passed them on market share, but managed to mess themselves with their superplane wannabe, leaving huge window for Boeing to dominate the market with their Dreamliner, and it sure looked its going to work. And then they blow it by making the same mistakes as their competitor. Nice job.

  2. Re:Oh my gods, it's running Windows by timmarhy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    atleast with windows you won't have some nerd saying it's your own fault for crashing, and you should have RTFM

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  3. Re:So, you prefer to burn more? by BlackPignouf · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yes, it's still bad.

    I don't care (and the Earth either) about how efficient (better said, less inefficient) a plane is.

    What really matters is how much will get wasted on a global level, taking into account every planed that has been produced.

    Flying is sooooo 20th century! It's high time we realised this.