View Full Version : First 787's scrapped
MichaelOLearyGenius
15th Mar 2023, 08:29
https://aviationsourcenews.com/manufacturer/first-boeing-787-dreamliners-to-be-scrapped/
Been sitting at PiK since pre-covid, not the best environment cold and close to beach with salty air. They were Trent 1000 equipped so nobody wanted them. Makes good sense as supply issues are still causing problems, these will be the first used parts on the 787 market so should get good money.
Less Hair
15th Mar 2023, 08:37
IIRC some early 787s have been retired and disassembled before?
https://www.planespotters.net/production-list/Boeing/787
HOVIS
15th Mar 2023, 10:15
95% recycled? I wonder what they will use the CFRP for?
Less Hair
15th Mar 2023, 10:20
Cabin interior sidewall panels and such.
DaveReidUK
15th Mar 2023, 13:35
IIRC some early 787s have been retired and disassembled before?
First ex-airline examples to be scrapped.
tdracer
15th Mar 2023, 17:05
IIRC some early 787s have been retired and disassembled before?
https://www.planespotters.net/production-list/Boeing/787
The first two on that list were structural test examples (fatigue and ultimate load) and never intended to be airworthy.
The next five were flight test aircraft that Boeing determined would require such extensive rework to be delivered to a commercial customer that it would not be cost effective. Line numbers 1-3 were donated to museums. 4 and 5 were kept by Boeing to use for various flight testing purposes (apparently #5 having now been retired).
As for recycling, I know that during the development of the 787, Boeing did a lot of work on how the composite bits could be recycled in a cost-effective manner, but I don't know details of what they came up with.
B787register
17th Jul 2023, 21:23
Line number 5 was scrapped some time ago (https://b787register.co.uk/airframe.php?ln=0005)
DaveReidUK
18th Jul 2023, 06:45
IIRC some early 787s have been retired and disassembled before?
First retirements that have seen airline service, AFAIK.
Less Hair
18th Jul 2023, 07:43
How is the scrapping done practically? Is the CFRP just cut up or crushed to pieces and bits? How about fibres and unhealthy effects?
95% recycled? I wonder what they will use the CFRP for?
deep diving submersibles? might be a catchy market. tickets for your ex,
Rocchi
22nd Jul 2023, 15:41
How is the scrapping done practically? Is the CFRP just cut up or crushed to pieces and bits? How about fibres and unhealthy effects?
Please send to the same graveyard as time expired wind turbine blades.
IBMJunkman
23rd Jul 2023, 15:04
Depending on the tech used in the 787 you could end up driving on them. :)
From https://www.nationalgrid.com/stories/energy-explained/can-wind-turbine-blades-be-recycledAre the blades disposed of or reused?Fibreglass is not totally recyclable. It’s non-biodegradable and made up of a composite of very fine strands of plastic and glass, which is extremely difficult to process at the point of recycling. Instead, it’s usually discarded as waste at landfills or incinerated.
However, while most first-generation commercial blades are being treated as waste, not all of them are destined for landfill. There are several innovative ways their raw materials are recycled to be used in other building materials or repurposed entirely in new structures.
Engineers and scientists have found a way to turn fibreglass into a key component used in the production of cement – an important material used in everyday construction. They are also finding ways to repurpose turbine blades as structural elements in their entirety – these include bike sheds in Denmark, noise barriers for highways in the US, ‘glamping pods’ across festival sites in Europe, or as parts of civil engineering projects, such as pedestrian footbridges, in Ireland.3