I-EVERETT, Wash. – I-Boeing 787 yokuqala isesigabeni sokugcina sokukhiqiza futhi kufanele ilungele njengoba kuhlelwe indiza yokuhlola yokuqala ebambezele isikhathi eside ngaphambi komhlaka-1 Julayi, kusho izikhulu ze-Boeing Co.
Cishe amaphesenti angama-60 ezinto ezidingekayo ukuze kuqinisekiswe i-787 njengendiza kanye nokuqinisekisa ukuthi izinqubo zokuhlangana zithunyelwe ku-Federal Aviation Administration, unjiniyela omkhulu wephrojekthi uMichael P. Delaney etshela abezindaba.
Uma kuqhathaniswa nesivinini somsebenzi ekutholeni izitifiketi kwamanye amamodeli, "lokhu kuphakeme kakhulu kunanoma yini esake sayenza ngaphambili," kusho uDelaney.
Imodeli yokuqala manje isisesitolo sikapende, isitobhi sokugcina ngaphambi kokuba ikhishwe endaweni enkulu yokuhlanganisa indiza ye-Boeing ebanzi lapha. UDelaney uthe indiza yokuqala yokuhlola izoba yizinsuku ezintathu kuya kweziyi-10 ngemuva kwalokho.
Indiza yokuqala yokuhlola yayihlelelwe ngasekupheleni kuka-2007 lapho ukudiliva kuzoqala ngoMeyi 2008, kodwa uchungechunge lokubambezeleka kwabangelwa ukuqubuka kokukhiqiza okune kanye nesiteleka senyunyana yama-Machinists samasonto ayisishiyagalombili ngekwindla edlule.
Izikhulu ze-Boeing azizange zinikeze usuku olumisiwe lwendiza yokuqala, kuphela ukuthi ihlelwe engxenyeni yesibili, lapho isuka e-Paine Field eningizimu ye-Everett futhi yahlala cishe amahora amathathu kamuva esikhumulweni sezindiza i-King County International Airport, eyaziwa nge-Boeing Field, eningizimu. Seattle.
Izindiza eziyisithupha - ezine ezinezinjini ze-Rolls Royce kanye nezimbili ezinezinjini zeGeneral Electric - zihlanganiswa cishe izinyanga eziyi-8 1/2 zezindiza ezivivinywa, cishe izinyanga ezimbili ezingaphansi kwamamodeli angaphambilini, kulandelwa isitifiketi se-FAA sokufaneleka emoyeni sesevisi yezohwebo kanye nokulethwa kokuqala. engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2010.
Ukonga isikhathi ikakhulukazi ekufakweni kahle nasekususweni kwamagiya akhethekile ezindiza zokuhlola, kusho uRasor.
Ngokwehlukana, i-Seattle Times ibike ukuthi i-Boeing imemezele ukuthuthukiswa kwe-737 okubandakanya igumbi labagibeli elingaphezulu kanye nezinjini ezisebenza kahle.
Ukushintsha kwekhabhini kusho ukuthi abagibeli kufanele bakwazi ukusukuma ngaphandle kokuzingela ngaphansi kwemigqomo yemithwalo ngenkathi bengena bephuma ezihlalweni. Izinjini ezisebenza kahle kakhulu zathuthukiswa yi-CFM, ukuhlanganyela kwe-GE kanye ne-Snecma yase-France.
