Bombardier Says Minor Issues Caused CSeries Delay, But Pulls Entry Into Service Date

Bombardier’s CEO Pierre Beaudoin says “a lot of small stuff” has led to the most recent delay in the first flight of the CSeries prototype FTV1. “Wires have been plugged in upside down. It is nothing significant, but we need to learn. Sometimes what we thought would take half a day takes two days,”...

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