New York (AFP) – Boeing reported a drop in second-quarter profits on Wednesday due to the continued travails of the 787, but the company said it was close to receiving regulatory approval to resume deliveries of the plane. “We’re on the verge,” Chief Executive Dave Calhoun said on CNBC, although he declined to set a date when asked about when he expects Federal Aviation Administration approval to resume deliveries on the Dreamliner aircraft. Deliveries on the top-selling widebody jet have been suspended for more than a year, a factor that again dragged down revenues. The aviation giant reporte…