Boeing identified a structural issue with the 787 several weeks ago but it was not until last Friday that analysis confirmed that the first flight should be delayed pending a modification.
“Preliminary analysis was that we could have a credible flight-test envelope, but then during detailed analysis the envelope narrowed to the point that it would not be useful for flight-test,” says Boeing Commercial Airplanes chief executive Scott Carson.
Speaking during a conference call today to explain the latest crisis to hit the Dreamliner programme, Carson said that the revised schedule for first flight and the impact on deliveries will be made public “in the next several weeks”.
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