FAA Requires some Boeing 787 Inspections for Fatigue Cracks
The directive covers 17 U.S. jets and 77 worldwide after Boeing identified shim gaps that could lead to fatigue cracks.
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is imposing repeated inspections on certain Boeing 787-8, 787-9 and 787-10 aircraft. The result is: manufacturing deviations observed at the level of structural assemblies located at the junction between the fuselage and the lower outer part of the wing, which may lead to the appearance of fatigue cracks. The measure takes the form of an airworthiness directive — Airworthiness Directive (AD) — made …
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered inspections of some of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner aircraft. This follows the company's investigation into potential manufacturing defects, which revealed that clearances between some components exceeded engineering specifications.
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