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Old 24th Mar 2009, 00:36
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No mention of the fact that when the recent hull pressure tests were done it leaked like a sieve??

And any mention of the fuel tanks being filled with water on the weekend to test for leaks etc..or whatever else you would do with H2O.............and large cracking sounds scared the poop out of them and they are looking into what has failed in the fuel cells .

Do not get me wrong, I am a pro Boeing person and I think the 787 will eventually be the aircraft of the future, and i know from first hand experience at what testing times you have when you are on the leading edge of development, but it would seem there are quite a lot more hurdles in the race to the finish....... and some of them are very well hidden at this point it seems.

So what is the story GB? Any clues or are my sources further in than yours?

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