Boeing faces yet another setback: the American regulator, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in a directive published on February 19, requested the control of 222 Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes.
At issue: problems observed in the hold.
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The FAA indicates in its directive that it has been questioned concerning several decompression incidents.
The decompression panels are said to have torn in several Boeing 787 Dreamliners.
However, this problem can quickly become critical in the event of a fire, because "
significant leaks in the cargo hold area could lead to concentrations of halon
[non-flammable gas used to extinguish fires, note]
insufficient to adequately control the fire
" indicates Air -journal, citing the FAA report.
Several faults detected
Each inspection cycle will cost $ 56,610 and will need to be repeated within 120 days.
This new round of examinations is bad news for Boeing, which has a series of problems with this model but also with other planes.
In September, Boeing said it had found three anomalies on the aircraft: two of them concerned the connection of a portion of the fuselage, and the third was related to the horizontal stabilizer.
The FAA then announced the launch of an investigation into manufacturing defects affecting the 787 Dreamliner.
These are all elements that had pushed the firm to slow down its pace of delivery, when it was already affected by the crisis linked to the coronavirus.
In 2020, Boeing's revenue fell 24% to $ 58.1 billion.
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Boeing was also marked by the setbacks of the 737 MAX, the firm's flagship aircraft which was grounded in March 2019 following two fatal accidents.
He was finally cleared to return to the air after a series of tests.
The 777X, Boeing's new wide-body aircraft, must also be subject to design revisions at the request of the FAA if it wishes to obtain certification.
