Boeing Slows Deliveries of 787 for Flaws in CF Components
Posted: 2020-10-1
Boeing Co. has slowed deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner as crews check for a new manufacturing flaw involving gaps in the horizontal stabilizer, the small wing in the aircraft tail.
The company also is inspecting newly built Dreamliners for slight folds or roughness on the lining of the carbon-composite fuselage, an issue that came to light late last month when Boeing told 787 operators to ground eight of the jets. In both instances, any variation that is greater than 0.005 inch — about the thickness of a human hair — is beyond the maximum allowable gap.
Read the full article at ClaimsJournal.com.
