Boeing has temporarily suspended deliveries of the 787 Dreamliner jets while the planemaker conducts additional analyzes on a fuselage component, the United States aviation agency (FAA) said late on Thursday.
Deliveries will not resume until the FAA is satisfied that the issue has been resolved, the agency said.
“The FAA is working with Boeing to determine any actions that may be required for newly delivered airplanes,” the agency said.
Boeing said in reviewing certification filings that it “discovered an analysis error by our supplier relating to the 787’s frontal pressure bulkhead. We have notified the FAA and have paused deliveries of the 787 while we complete the necessary analysis and documentation.”
Spirit AeroSystems, the supplier of the component, said it was aware that Boeing had stopped deliveries.
“Based on the information we currently have and our interactions with Boeing to date, we believe it is too early to assert that there was a ‘analysis error’ by Spirit,” the company said in a statement.
Boeing said it discovered the error last week. “There is no immediate safety risk or flight concern for the in-service fleet,” Boeing said.
“Although short-term deliveries are impacted, at this moment we do not foresee a change in our production and delivery perspective for the year”, he highlights.
In August, the FAA approved the first 787 for delivery from May 2021 after accepting the planemaker’s inspection and modification plan.
Boeing delivered 31 787s in 2022 and said last month it expects to deliver between 70 and 80 of the model this year.
Source: CNN Brasil
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