FAA Orders Inspections of 77 Boeing 787 Dreamliners Over Wing Concerns Written 28 August 2026

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FAA Orders Inspections of 77 Boeing 787 Dreamliners Over Wing Concerns

American Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner at LAX. | Source: Wikimedia Commons; CC BY 2.0

Aerospace Global News reports the FAA has issued a mandatory airworthiness directive affecting 77 Boeing 787 Dreamliners globally due to improper manufacturing shims that could lead “to fatigue cracks in a critical part of the wing structure.”
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