One of the primary achievements of the 787 Dreamliner design is its monocoque fuselage, which has internally integrated ...

In the Charleston incident, a hole opened in the plane near the tail This is the third FAA response to the 2009 Southwest emergency landing Holes in the fuselage can cause cabins to dangerously lose ...

A seemingly simple question about fuselage length reveals deeper truths about these two modern widebody aircraft.

Spirit AeroSystems’ latest Boeing 737 Max production agreement for 2020 covers barely a third of the fuselages it delivered in 2018, and appears to put Boeing at least four years behind its ramp-up ...

Industry experts believed they knew where to look for crack-inducing metal fatigue on aging airplanes, but the in-flight rupture of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 on Friday has raised concerns about ...

PHOENIX – Southwest Airlines said it is working with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to determine the cause of a depressurization event that occurred during a Phoenix-Sacramento flight ...

In the aftermath of last week’s Alaska Airlines in-flight emergency, some aviation experts are questioning the structural design of the section of the Boeing 737 Max 9 that blew off the plane. On that ...

Boeing plans to deploy robotic assembly technology on the 777X that will dramatically change the way the plane’s metal hull is built, documents submitted to the city of Everett indicate. The ...

While old planes typically get shipped off to aircraft boneyards, one savvy tiny home builder has found a new use for an old part taken from a retired plane. Brisbane-based The Tiny House Guys has ...

A final composite fuselage section that was to be used in certifying The Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliner failed during manufacturing, sending engineers scrambling to keep the company's all-important new ...

The fuselage of the jetliner involved in a collision on a Tokyo runway was made from carbon-composite fibers, and the incident is renewing concern about the challenges of putting out fires involving ...