Report: 787 first flight may push back to 2010

787's structural design problem, centered on the upper wing join area, is more complex than originally outlined by Boeing and may result in first flight being delayed until next year, engineers told The Seattle Times . One engineer with knowledge of the problem claimed that it will take "at least 3...

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