I-EVERETT, Hlamba. -I-Boeing 787 yokuqala ikwinqanaba lokugqibela lemveliso kwaye kufuneka ilungile njengoko bekucwangcisiwe ngenqwelomoya yokuqala yokulibaziseka ngaphambi koJulayi 1, amagosa eBoeing Co athi.
Malunga neepesenti ezingama-60 zezinto ezifunekayo zokuqinisekisa i-787 njengenqwelomoya kunye nokuqinisekisa iinkqubo zendibano zingenisiwe kwi-Federal Aviation Administration, injineli eyintloko yeprojekthi uMichael P. Delaney uxelele oonondaba.
Xa kuthelekiswa nesantya somsebenzi ekuqinisekiseni ezinye iimodeli, "oku kuphezulu kakhulu kunayo nantoni na esakhe sayenza ngaphambili," utshilo uDelaney.
Imodeli yokuqala ngoku ivenkile yepeyinti, indawo yokumisa yokugqibela ngaphambi kokuba ikhutshwe kwisikhululo senqwelo moya esikhulu sikaBoeing apha. UDelaney uthe inqwelomoya yokuqala yovavanyo iyakuba ziintsuku ezintathu ukuya kwezilishumi emva koko.
Uhambo lokuqala lovavanyo lwacwangciselwa ukuphela kuka-2007 kunye nokuhanjiswa okuza kuqala ngoMeyi ka-2008, kodwa uthotho lokulibaziseka lubangelwe kukuvela kwemveliso ezine kunye nesitrayikhi semanyano sabasebenzi beeveki ezisibhozo ukuwa kokugqibela.
Amagosa eBoeing akangekhe anike umhla wokuhamba ngenqwelomoya yokuqala, kuphela ukuba kucwangcisiwe kwikota yesibini, ukusuka ePaine Field emazantsi e-Everett kunye nokufika malunga neeyure ezintathu kamva kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseKing County, esaziwa njengeBoeing Field, emazantsi Seattle.
Iinqwelomoya ezithandathu - ezine ezineenjini zeRoll Royce kwaye ezimbini zineenjineli zoMbane Jikelele- zihlanganisiwe kangangeenyanga eziyi-8/1 zeenqwelo moya zovavanyo, ezimalunga neenyanga ezimbini ezimbalwa kunemodeli zangaphambili, zilandelwa sisiqinisekiso sokulungela ukuba semoyeni kweenkonzo zorhwebo kunye nonikezelo lokuqala kwikota yokuqala ka-2.
Ukonga ixesha ikakhulu kukufakwa ngokufanelekileyo kunye nokususwa kwezixhobo ezizodwa zeenqwelo moya zovavanyo, utshilo uRasor.
Ngokwahlukeneyo, I-Seattle Times uxele ukuba iBoeing ibhengeze ukuphuculwa kwe-737 ebandakanya igumbi labahambi ngaphezulu kunye neenjini ezifanelekileyo.
Utshintsho lwekhabhathi lithetha ukuba abakhweli kufuneka beme ngaphandle kokuzingela phantsi kwemigqomo yemithwalo ngelixa bengena bephuma ezihlalweni. Iinjini ezisebenza ngokukuko zaphuhliswa yi-CFM, indibaniselwano ye-GE kunye ne-Snecma yase-France.
