Dreamliner jet program was rushed from the start

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press • In this July 8, 2007, file photo, visitors look at and take photos of the first production model of the Boeing 787 airplane after it was unveiled to an audience of several thousand at Boeing’s assembly plant in Everett, Wash. The Boeing 787 was a plane that promised to...

NEW YORK—The 787 Dreamliner was born in a moment of desperation.

It was 2003 and Boeing—the company that defined modern air travel—had just lost its title as the world’s largest plane manufacturer to European rival Airbus. Its CEO had resigned in a defense-cont...

Published: 01/26/2013