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Boeing Confirms ‘Adjusting Approach’ to FAA’s 787 Feedback
Dreamliner production faces further delays as Boeing continues talks with the FAA.
Boeing has struggled to deliver 787s this year due to ongoing inspections and rework related to skin flatness deficiencies and, most recently, gaps between parts of the forward pressure bulkhead. (Photo: Boeing)
Boeing has struggled to deliver 787s this year due to ongoing inspections and rework related to skin flatness deficiencies and, most recently, gaps between parts of the forward pressure bulkhead. (Photo: Boeing)

Boeing confirmed on Tuesday that feedback from the FAA on production snags involving the 787 has prompted it to continue to “adjust" its approach to addressing the agency’s concerns, resulting in what it calls “a near-term impact” to its operations. Meanwhile, sources familiar with the talks said that Boeing does not dispute a recent Wall Street Journal report indicating that the company won’t resume Dreamliner deliveries until late October, due at least in part to internal disagreements about the number of airplanes needed for a proper sample of production fixes to apply to 106 airplanes still in inventory.