Okokuqala iBoeing 787-9 Dreamliner iqala umhlangano wokugcina

EVERETT, Wash. – I-Boeing isiqalile umhlangano wokugcina we-787-9 Dreamliner yokuqala. Ilungu elisha lomndeni we-787 laqala ukumila ngohlelo lwangomhla zingama-30 kuNhlaba e-Everett, Wash., lapho i-Boeing iqala ukujoyina izingxenye ezinkulu zendiza esebenza kahle kakhulu.

"Kusukela ekuqaleni, ithimba lonke le-787-9 ligxile ekusebenzeni ukuze sifeze izibopho kumakhasimende ethu," kusho uMark Jenks, iphini likamongameli, i-787 Airplane Development, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. “Ukuhlanganisa i-787-9 ohlelweni lwethu lokukhiqiza ngesikhathi kungolunye uphawu olucacile lokuthi siwulungiselele kahle futhi simi kahle ngomsebenzi osazayo.”

Ozakwethu bomhlaba wonke be-Boeing balethe izigaba zokuqala ezingu-787-9 ekuhlanganisweni kokugcina ngaphambi noma ngaphambi kweshejuli, futhi inqubekelaphambili eqinile iyaqhubeka ngale kwalokho, kusaqhubeka umhlangano omkhulu kwezinye izindiza zokuhlola ukundiza. “Ukuzinikela, ikhwalithi kanye nekhono labalingani bethu kuyasiza ekuqhubekiseni ukusebenza kwethu ngendlela efanele,” kusho uJenks.

I-Boeing izokwakha ama-787-9s okuqala amathathu kulayini wayo Wesikhashana Wokuhlinzwa e-Everett ukuze ivumele ukuhlanganiswa okushelelayo kwe-787-9 ohlelweni lokukhiqiza kuyilapho iqhubeka nokukhuphula umkhiqizo kulo lonke uhlelo lwe-787.

I-787-9 izohambisana futhi yandise umndeni we-787, inikeze izindiza amandla okukhulisa imizila evulwe nge-787-8. Njengoba i-fuselage inwetshwe ngamamitha angu-20 (amamitha ayisithupha), i-6-787 izothwala abagibeli abangu-9 ngaphezulu kwamamayela angu-40 we-nautical (amakhilomitha angu-300) kuyilapho isebenzisa uphethiloli ongaphansi ngamaphesenti angu-555 kunezindiza ezinosayizi ofanayo. I-20-787 iphakamisa umklamo wombono we-9-787, inikeza izici ezithandwa ngabagibeli njengamafasitela amakhulu, acimezekile, imigqomo emikhulu ye-stow, izibani zesimanje ze-LED, umswakama ophezulu, ukuphakama kwekhabhinethi ephansi, umoya ohlanzekile kanye nokugibela okushelelayo.

Ukuqina okume mpo kule 787-9 kukhombisa ukukhishwa okusha kwe-Boeing Commercial Airplanes, ukubukeka okuvuselelwe komndeni wakwa-Boeing wezindiza eziqale nge-747-8 futhi zavela nge-737 MAX. Izici eziningi ze-livery ku-787 yasekuqaleni zibonakala ekwakhiweni okusha. Umklami wenombolo ovelele emsileni usiza ukuhlukanisa amamodeli ahlukahlukene phakathi komndeni womkhiqizo ofanayo.

Indiza yokuqala ye-787-9 ihlelelwe ingxenye yesibili ka-2013, ngokudiliva kokuqala ukwethula ikhasimende i-Air New Zealand isethelwe ekuqaleni kuka-2014. Amakhasimende angu-20 emhlabeni jikelele a-ode ama-355 787-9s, okuhlanganisa amaphesenti angu-40 awo wonke ama-oda angu-787 .