Another Problem For Boeing

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Aug 15, 2009 5:45PM

Photo from Boeing website.

We're beginning to sound like a broken record, but it seems like aerospace giant (and Chicago-based) Boeing has run into another problem with its 787 superliner. Per the Tribune's report:

The Chicago-based airplanemaker found microscopic wrinkles in the skin of the 787's fuselage and is installing a patch, said Lori Gunter, a Boeing spokeswoman. The 787 is built for fuel efficiency from lightweight carbon composite parts.

Boeing ordered an Italian supplier, Alenia Aeronautica, to stop making the fuselage sections on June 23, she said, and is installing a patch -- additional layers of carbon composite material -- on the first of several 787s.

The plane's test flight has been delayed five times already but maintains it'll happen before the end of September.