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B-787 airplane may not meet performance specifications

Seattle, USA - It was unveiled by Jim Albaugh, CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes

According to reports by "Air Transport Intelligence news", on the occasion of the conference "INSTANT", "International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading", held in Scottsdale, Arizona, the CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes Jim Albaugh acknowledged for the first time that the airplane model 787 may not meet its performance specifications: it would have a range of 14,200 to 15,200 km, with a take-off...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1127037
Rome, Italy, 03/16/2011 11:55
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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