US aviation regulators are investigating manufacturing flaws in Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, which have already led to the grounding of eight jets.
The Chicago-based company said it has identified two problems with the plane’s production that, when combined on the same jet, could cause aircraft parts to deform or fail under extreme conditions.
Boeing said that after discovering that eight aircraft already in service had these paired defects, “we immediately contacted the airlines . . . to notify them of the situation, and the aeroplanes have been temporarily removed from service until they can be repaired”.
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