Construction Begins On 787 South Carolina Assembly Line

The first steel column for Boeing's Charleston, S.C., 787 final assembly line has been erected on a construction site next door to where the company makes and assembles composite fuselage sections for the new jet. The 1.2 million-sq.-ft. building is expected to open in July 2011. The first...

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