Is the 787 a failure ?

| ...
| The letter from the NTSB signals tension between the agency
| and Boeing. This is not good for Boeing, as it tries to
| mitigate damage to the image of its high-efficiency 787 --
| that is, once officials clear the plane to fly.
|
| The main complaint from the agency appears to be that
| Boeing representatives provided "their own analysis and
| conclusions regarding an ongoing NTSB investigation,"
| according to Kelly Nantel, a safety board representative.
|
| Boeing representative Marc Birtel, meanwhile, responded to
| the NTSB criticism -- saying the company officials
| "received the correspondence, and remain fully committed to
| support the NTSB and other regulatory authorities in their
| investigations into the cause of the 787 battery incidents."
|
| In a related story from Reuters, Japan's Civil Aviation
| Bureau said on Friday that, despite optimistic predictions
| by Boeing, no test flight of the grounded 787 Dreamliner
| has been scheduled yet.
| ...
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--bks