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New Setback for Boeing 787 Dreamliner

After seven missed delivery deadlines for Boeing's troublesome 787 Dreamliner, the company has run into another setback: In a test flight Tuesday, the electrical-equipment bay caught fire. Can the company turn the development nightmares into a happy ending?

It's Time for a New Pilot at Delay-Plagued Boeing

Given the latest production delay at Boeing, this time on the 747-8, the board should finally slide CEO Jim McNerney out the emergency exit. Ford CEO Alan Mulally looks like the perfect fit, especially because of his successful earlier career at Boeing.

A Dream Delayed: Boeing Misses Seventh 787 Dreamliner Deadline

Boeing announced Friday yet another delay of its 787 Dreamliner. The first delivery to Japan's All Nippon Airlines has been postponed from December of this year to sometime early next year, due to problems with the Rolls Royce engine used in the aircraft.

Orders for Boeing's 787 Jet Keep Falling

Boeing has had more canceled orders for its 787 jet than new orders now that aircraft-leasing company Dubai Aerospace Enterprise has stopped 25 orders in the past month.

Lessons from the 787's Late Liftoff

If Boeing has any hope of avoiding another Dreamliner-class production fiasco in the future, it'll need to change its ways in some very important areas. Here are four suggestions worthy of serious consideration.