Boeing pushed back the 787's first flight from this month to between mid-November and mid-December, citing incomplete work by some suppliers, manufacturing documentation issues, a global fastener shortage and delays in completing flight control system software. Commercial Airplanes CEO Scott Carson and 787 Program VP and GM Mike Bair emphasized during a conference call yesterday that first delivery to ANA remains on schedule for May 2008 owing to a compressed, aggressive flight testing ...
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