An airport ground-crew worker is trapped under the landing gear of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet at Paine Field in the western US state of Washington.
A Boeing employee became trapped under the landing gear of a 787 Dreamliner jet on Friday at the manufacturer’s Everett factory in the US.
Associated Press reports that emergency crews had to rescue the man after he was run over as the plane, with Japan Airlines livery, was being towed.
The man was transported by helicopter to hospital with serious leg injuries, the report said.
Boeing said it was investigating the incident and would “implement will implement the necessary changes to avoid a future re-occurrence”.
Meanwhile, the plane maker has discovered a problem related to the aft fuselage of its Dreamliner and is making repairs that will not affect production of the aircraft, the company said yesterday.
The 787 Dreamliner is a light-weight, fuel-efficient, carbon-composite aircraft. It was three years behind its development schedule but finally entered service last year.
“Boeing has found that incorrect shimming was performed on support structure on the aft fuselage of some 787s,” Boeing spokesman Scott Lefeber said.
Lefeber added, “we do not expect that it will affect our planned product rate increases,” and that there are no short-term safety concerns.
Boeing aims to ramp up monthly production on the airplane to 10 by the end of 2013. Some experts believe the target rate is too ambitious, but Boeing is standing by it.
Lefeber declined to identify how many aircraft were affected.
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