China News Service, September 8th. According to Reuters, recently, American aircraft manufacturer Boeing's 787 passenger plane was found to have manufacturing defects. People familiar with the matter revealed that hundreds of planes may need to be re-inspected.
On the 6th, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stated that it is investigating manufacturing defects involving certain Boeing 787 passenger planes, but it is too early to say whether a new inspection is needed.
Data map: On June 29, local time, in Seattle, Washington, USA, a Boeing 737 MAX plane landed after a test flight at Boeing Airport.
According to reports, on August 28, Boeing stated that due to manufacturing defects found in the fuselage joints of some Boeing 787 passenger planes, 8 Boeing 787 passenger planes must be grounded for inspection and repair.
On August 31, a Boeing memo revealed by the Wall Street Journal also showed that Boeing told the Federal Aviation Administration in the memo that certain parts produced by the company’s plant in South Carolina did not conform to its own design and manufacturing. standard.
A person familiar with the matter confirmed that the Federal Aviation Administration may require inspections of approximately 900 passenger planes delivered by Boeing since 2011 after production problems occurred at the plant.
However, the FAA said on September 6 that the agency will continue to contact Boeing, and it is too early to speculate on any airworthiness directives that the agency may make.
Boeing also responded that day, “It has been determined that the remaining passenger aircraft in service can meet the ultimate load capacity. We are inspecting the aircraft in production to ensure that all problems are resolved before delivery.”
Boeing pointed out that the gaskets of some aircraft do not meet the size, and some aircraft do not meet the requirements for surface flatness.
"Although these problems alone do not meet the requirements, they can still meet the ultimate load conditions. However, when they appear in one place at the same time, it will lead to situations where the ultimate load conditions cannot be met."