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The Boeing Co. (Chicago, Ill., U.S.) reports that an inner fuselage skin surface nonconformity initially discovered in fuselage Sections 47 and 48, the two aftbody fuselage sections of the composites-intensive 787, has been found to exist in other fuselage sections as well, prompting the aircraft manufacturer to perform a complete inspection of fuselage joins in all undelivered 787s at the company’s final assembly locations in Everett, Wash., U.S., and North Charleston, S.C., U.S.
As part of this inspection regime, Boeing has asked each of its fuselage suppliers to conduct similar inspections for the nonconformity at their facilities, says a Boeing spokesperson. The skin surface nonconformity is not deemed to pose an immediate flight safety risk and in-service 787s are not currently a target of the inspection program.