Boeing Dreamliner 787-9 Rolls Out Of Everett, Washington Plant

Kaustubh Katdare

Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk Oct 26, 2024
Boeing [NYSE: BA] rolled out the super-efficient 787-9 on August 24th. The company said that the first 787-9 Dreamliner is the latest addition to the 787 family and was rolled out at Everett, Washington assembly plant. The company went through a lot of troubled times recently because of the li-ion battery problems its airships faced a few months go. There were two battery fires that required the flights to be grounded. One of the Honeywell-built emergency bacon catched fire at the Heathrow Airport last month, adding to company's woes. But Boeing has decided to leave it all behind and make a fresh new start with the 787-9.

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The latest plane is 6m longer than 787-8 and can carry 40 more passengers. It also gets an extended range of about 300 nautical miles (~555 kilometers) over 7878-8. Company says that their latest plane has demonstrated excellent environmental performance with about 20% lesser fuel consumption and 20% lesser emissions than other similarly sized planes.

The Dreamliner 787-9 features higher cabin pressure and humidity, larger windows with electrochromic smart glass. The ship can cruise at the speed of about 913 km/h (567 mph). The first customer of the plane is Australian Qantas Airlines, which will receive the plane in mid-2014.

Source: <a href="https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2013-08-24-Boeing-Rolls-Out-First-787-9-Dreamliner" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Boeing Rolls Out First 787-9 Dreamliner - Aug 24, 2013</a>

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  • Sarathkumar Chandrasekaran

    Sarathkumar Chandrasekaran

    @sarathkumar-FEGRPw Aug 27, 2013

    Boeing always hits the market with a posotive strike.Earlier we had discussed the tanks,planes etc and now here comes the giant.@Kaustubh Katdare are the specs out?What is the seating capacity of this beast?
  • Kaustubh Katdare

    Kaustubh Katdare

    @thebigk Aug 27, 2013

    Yep, all the Boeing Dreamliner 787-9 details are available on the official page: #-Link-Snipped-# . The seating capacity is about 250-290 passengers and it can cover 15570 kilometers in a single stretch. Impressive, I must say.
  • Nayan Goenka

    Nayan Goenka

    @nayan-Dhpt4N Aug 29, 2013

    Kaustubh Katdare
    The Dreamliner 787-9 features higher cabin pressure and humidity, larger windows with electrochromic smart glass.
    Can anyone explain what exactly is Electrochromic smart glass? All in all, the plane looks a good upgrade to the current ones.

    Kaustubh Katdare
    Company says that their latest plane has demonstrated excellent environmental performance with about 20% lesser fuel consumption and 20% lesser emissions than other similarly sized planes.
    That seems awesome. 20% less fuel