According to Boeing, a years-long fatigue analysis of 787 fuselages was conducted ... “From 2010-2015 Boeing tested a full-scale fuselage and a forward fuselage section simulating up to 165,000 ...

Boeing built the first commercial plane with a fuselage and wings made from composites reinforced with carbon fibers, the 787. The plane went into airline service in 2011, and about 1,100 have ...

787 quality-control issues and order backlog In 2019, Boeing inspectors found paper-thin gaps in its 787 Dreamliner's fuselage, and the company grounded eight of the planes. Over the next three ...