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Delamination prompts Boeing to inspect 787 fleet
Boeing again faces a manufacturing quality issue, requiring inspections and repairs of its 787 fleet. Structural stiffeners were found to be improperly joined to the composite skin in the aft sections of the aircraft, causing parts of the aircraft's carbon fibre structure to delaminate, confirms the airframer. "Boeing has found that incorrect shimming was performed on support structure on the aft fuselage on certain airplanes in our facility in Everett, [Washington]," said the… (www.flightglobal.com) さらに...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Oh, i have a big grin on my face now:) I am saving this link in my favourites. Next time somebody bashes Airbus for the cracks in the brackets within the A380 wings and thinks Boeing is God's gift to aviation, i will just send them this link. Excellent!!
Yes agreed but don't you think a lot of comments on here had derided the A380, and the few minor problems it encountered,with derogatory comments when quite clearly the A380 as a hub to hub is a truly spectacular success!
Steve: I think that Airbus, by it's own actions, or lack thereof, has created some of it's own baggage. It has changed somewhat now but only after an outcry. One of the biggest things is their move toward cockpit automation. It is not so much in what they have done or tried to do but it was their"TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT" attitude. They took the attitude that our programmers and engineers know best and just token input from the pilots flying the thing. By that there is an automatic wedge that has been driven and must be overcome to even get them to a level playing field.
Well Steve.. I have followed the A388s of the Qantas fleet very closely day to day since it was introduced and I was not surprised when that engine failed at Changi. A few of us decided to do some digging and what we found was not the best. Whilst it is true that you can dig dirt on almost anything what we found was very disturbing. Airbus were very slow to address problems with the engine maker, Rolls Royce and a serious design fault became apparent when No. 1 engine could not be shut down for well over an hour. There were a whole series of issues which were outstanding and which the ATSB recorded. As Wayne has noted Boeing has "come clean" with the problems. Indeed Airbus have recently adopted a transparent policy to flaws which is what we all want. I do not wish to be rude but the problems the A388s have are far from minor. In my view the biggest problem right now is the heavy landings they suffer beacause pilots know they have to get the thing stopped on the runways existing. I think 13R/31L at JFK was beefed up and lengthened to enable this BIG airplane to have some leeway in stopping. There have been several occasions where Airbus has in my view been negligent at attending critical issues and the worst was the AF loss in the S Atlantic this past year.
Like the A380, it is completly new, and whether we like it or not, you cannot possibly think of everything. The main thing is that there is a fast and positive reaction when things are discovered.
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