The conditions outside a cruising airliner are those of intense cold, thin air, and potentially lethal atmospheric conditions ...

The extensive use of composite materials allows the Boeing 787 to have larger windows than previous-generation aircraft.

Long before the Air India tragedy, the cause of which is still to be determined, people who had worked on the 787 had raised ...

This was firstly conceived as a plane that would use advanced materials and ... defective installations in 787 fleets". He ...

EThe National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday will be focused on preventing another terrifying event like the one involving a panel that flew off a Boeing 737 Max midair in January of 2024.

Air India plane crash investigators have found both of the Boeing 787's "black boxes," hopefully brining an understanding of the cause of the disaster a step closer.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner careened back down to earth in the densely ... Planes usually carry two black boxes - small but tough electronic flight data recorders made with robust materials such as ...

The 787 Dreamliner, introduced in 2011, was celebrated for its fuel efficiency and lightweight composite materials, but it has not been without issues. From 2021 to 2022, the FAA halted 787 deliveries ...

Advanced materials The 787 is the first commercial aircraft to feature a fuselage constructed primarily from composite materials.

He said of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, that has more than 1,000 in use across airlines globally including at British Airways, that excessive force was used to jam together sections of fuselage.

Boeing Pushes Back on Whistleblower Allegations on Airframe Assembly Flaws The company details how airframes are put together as Congress probes issues with the 787 Dreamliner.

Boeing had fitted the gaps with improperly sized slivers of material, known as shims, and the company halted 787 deliveries for the bulk of two years as it worked to correct the problem.