He told them that building the 787 fuselage sections out of giant single-piece carbon-composite barrels would be a very expensive mistake. For this unwelcome message, managers sidelined Hart-Smith ...

Boeing has finished fuselage-related rework to a batch of undelivered 787s and continues making progress offloading its ...

Since the discovery of the issue during a pre-delivery 787 inspection in 2020, mechanics at Boeing have been in a long slog ...

In Grottaglie, the carbon fiber will be used to create two center sections of the fuselage of Boeing’s newest commercial airplane, the 787 Dreamliner. With Japanese and U.S. suppliers building ...

Tail cone’s from Japan, the horizontal stabilizer and fuselage segments are from Alenia in Italy.” The precision specs involved in 787 assembly impose upon Boeing’s worldwide partners a ...

Spirit AeroSystems supplies Boeing with 787 forward fuselage sections, which contains forward-pressure bulkheads. The FAA’s proposal would require operators to complete an “external detailed ...

Boeing may be breathing a sigh of relief that a fire onboard an empty Ethiopian Airlines 787 Dreamliner in London ... commercial plane with a composite fuselage, and the company is learning ...