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Design changes cause Boeing loss | |
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Aircraft maker Boeing has blamed a third-quarter net loss of $1.6bn (£974m) on rising production costs and poor market conditions. | |
The latest results reflect charges incurred to modify Boeing's 787 Dreamliner and the new updated version of its 747 jumbo jet. | The latest results reflect charges incurred to modify Boeing's 787 Dreamliner and the new updated version of its 747 jumbo jet. |
The steeper-than-anticipated loss has led the company to cut its profit forecast for 2009. | |
Shares in the firm fell 2.4% to $50.64 after the figures were announced. | |
The loss compares with a profit of $695m made in the same period a year earlier. | |
In August, Boeing said it would take a charge of $2.5bn because the first three test Dreamliners were undergoing so much modification that they had no commercial market value. | In August, Boeing said it would take a charge of $2.5bn because the first three test Dreamliners were undergoing so much modification that they had no commercial market value. |
The company then added a $1bn charge for higher costs and lower demand than it expected for the 747-8. | The company then added a $1bn charge for higher costs and lower demand than it expected for the 747-8. |
Boeing also said that it would postpone the first flight of the freighter version of the 747-8 to 2010. | Boeing also said that it would postpone the first flight of the freighter version of the 747-8 to 2010. |