Flaws halted 787 work, Boeing says
Defects found on Italian-made fuselages of 23 planes; fix in works
Posted: August 15, 2009 at 3:08 a.m.
Boeing Co. said it stopped work more than a month ago on two sections for the 787 Dreamliner after tiny wrinkles were discovered in the composite-material fuselages supplied by Italian vendor Alenia Aeronautica.
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