787 on fire !!!

[Jetjockey]

787= Epic failure in outsourcing. Margins looked good on paper but can you put a price on quality from real Boeing workers??? Corporate greed...plain and simple and now it's haunting Boeing.

 

[Dornier 335]

Flightglobal article (with pictures)

 

[Smarta$$]

787= Epic failure in outsourcing. Margins looked good on paper but can you put a price on quality from real Boeing workers??? Corporate greed...plain and simple and now it's haunting Boeing.

I agree.

 

[Dornier 335]

787= Epic failure in outsourcing. Margins looked good on paper but can you put a price on quality from real Boeing workers??? Corporate greed...plain and simple and now it's haunting Boeing.

Is the answer really that simple? Or is it more that very cutting edge technology has its risk?

 

[Jetjockey]

Lack of quality from outsourced work. Cost over runs. Improper fittings, delays. Quality issues from foreign providers. Just a mess from the inception of the 787 project. I doubt the 787 will ever be a money maker for Boeing. How many billions has the project over by???. The only thing saving Boeing from a complete company melt-down is the success of the 737 and the military contracts.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/afontev...-sell-for-116m-but-productivity-is-improving/


http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2021045270_boeingoutsourcingxml.html

 

[lowtimedriver]

Is the answer really that simple? Or is it more that very cutting edge technology has its risk?

Yup, I talked to a senior Boeing executive several months ago. He said that they will never do another program like they did with the 87.

 

[Nevets]

Someone on Pprune just posted this graphic which could be helpful:

http://787updates.newairplane.com/B...aster-large.jpg?width=900&height=675&ext=.jpg

The fire appears to be in the aft part of the plane away from the battery... Could be a galley issue?

So now it's a new fire they need to figure out! How many systems catch on fire on this aircraft?

 

[Dornier 335]

The fire appears to be in the aft part of the plane away from the battery... Could be a galley issue?

crew bunk? cut-away view

 

[Jetjockey]

Guess they shouldn't have disolved Boeing Commercial Electronics, and all the in-house electrical expertise that went with it.

 

[Crucianpilot]

Someone left the crockpot on in the crew bunk again!