Filing it under “stuff happens” will no longer do. Two Japanese airlines grounded their fleets of Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft yesterday after one was forced to make an emergency landing. That followed a series of glitches that have hit the 787 in the past few weeks. A cracked window or an oil leak might be passed off as just one of those things. An emergency landing is a more serious event. What All Nippon Airways and Japan Air Lines have done will be noted gravely by other airlines flying or awaiting delivery of the all-singing, all-dancing aircraft. But investors should sit tight. It is too early to say what the financial impact of the accumulating problems will be for Boeing.
当作“意外事件”来备案恐怕不合适了。由于一架“波音787梦幻客机”(Boeing 787 Dreamliner)实施紧急迫降，两家日本航空公司昨日停飞了该型号的所有飞机。近几周来787故障频出。窗户破裂、漏油均可权作小故障，但紧急迫降就严重多了。正在使用和正在等候接收这款“载歌载舞”的飞机的航空公司，将密切关注全日空(All Nippon Airways)和日本航空(Japan Air Lines)所采取的举动。但投资者应该静待事态发展。累积的问题将对波音的财务状况产生什么影响，现在下结论为时尚早。