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Old 11-07-2011, 10:20 AM
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From Associated Press:

EVERETT, Wash. — Boeing's new 787 wide-body plane, which just started carrying paying passengers, ran into its first technical glitch Sunday when the landing gear failed to deploy.
The pilots of Japan's All Nippon Airways used "an alternate procedure that worked," according to Lori Gunter, a spokeswoman for Chicago-based Boeing Co. The plane landed safely and there were no reported injuries.
"We are aware of this matter and are on-site in Japan with ANA offering whatever assistance they require," Gunter said. "Maintenance was conducted and the airplane has returned to service."
ANA is the first - and so far only - airline to fly the new jet. It started using the plane on short shuttle flights within Japan last week.
The plane, which relies heavily on lightweight carbon composites, was more than three years behind schedule. The plane was built using manufacturers around the globe and then assembled at Boeing's Everett, Wash., facility. The complexity of building so many parts around the globe led to delays that lasted years. Airlines have already placed orders for more than 800 of the fuel-saving planes but China Eastern Airlines recently canceled its $3 billion order for 24 of the long-delayed planes, citing the manufacturing delays.
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Old 11-07-2011, 06:19 PM
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Landing gear problems are a common enough bug, but they usually don't show up until you put some mileage on the fleet!
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This certainly isn't the publicity Boeing wants for the 787! Especially not after all of the delays and other problems they've had during the design and flight testing process...
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At least they won't have to go too far to get support.


787 suppliers:

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.
Aircraft Landing Gear: Integration of center wing box with main landing gear wheel well


Kawasaki Aerospace
Main landing gear wheel well

In all fairness though, the French are making the actual gear assembly

Messier-Dowty
Aircraft Landing Gear: Main & nose landing gear structure
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Originally Posted by rickair7777 View Post
Landing gear problems are a common enough bug, but they usually don't show up until you put some mileage on the fleet!
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