SEATTLE—Boeing said on Tuesday it would cut its 787 production rate as it works through a new production-related structural defect in its troubled twin-aisle airliner program.
The company now forecasts delivering fewer than half of the lingering 100 or so 787s in its inventory this year—instead of the “vast majority” it had expected—as it continues forensic inspections and costly repairs to address quality flaws in the aircraft.
