Boeing Begins Production Of First Flight-Test 777-9

Credit: Boeing
LOS ANGELES—Assembly of Boeing’s 777X flagship twinjet officially started Oct. 23 when a robotic drilling machine commenced work on the first production wing spar for the initial flight test 777-9 at the company’s revamped spar assembly building in Everett, Washington. The spar marks the start of...
Guy Norris

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