
Credit: Boeing
WASHINGTON—The FAA plans to mandate inspections of areas where Boeing 787 vertical fins attach to the main fuselage after corrosion in bolt holes was discovered during a routine airframe maintenance visit. A draft airworthiness directive (AD) published Feb. 15 links the problem to “insufficient...
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