The new Boeing 787 Dreamliners may not be delivered until late October -WSJ

September 4 (Reuters) – The delivery of 787 Dreamliners from Boeing Co. (BA.N) is likely to remain stalled until at least the end of October, as the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has rejected the recent proposal by the company to inspect them, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.

The FAA confirmed on July 12 that some undelivered Boeing 787s have a new manufacturing quality problem that the company must address prior to shipment. Read more

Airlines pay most of the purchase price on delivery.

Boeing met with the FAA on Aug. 2 to convince the agency to approve an inspection method that would speed up deliveries with specific controls rather than tail-to-tail demolitions, the newspaper said.

Regulators denounced the company’s internal disagreements over the size of the aircraft’s sample and reiterated that the group of Boeing employees acting as internal regulators must match the company’s proposals, he added. ‘report.

An FAA spokesman said the agency continues to work with Boeing and will not sign the inspections “until our security experts are satisfied.”

The Boeing 737 MAX and 787 have been plagued by electrical defects and other problems since late last year and only resumed deliveries of the 787 in March after a five-month hiatus.

A Boeing spokesman said the company was committed to providing full transparency with regulators and working with the FAA through the rigorous process to resume 787 deliveries.

Aishwarya Nair reports in Bengaluru; Edited by Richard Chang

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