Boeing 787 Returns ‘Clean’ From Record Flight
A Boeing 787-8 that returned to Seattle in the early hours of Dec. 8 after spending 40 of the previous 42 hours in the air, arrived “clean” with zero technical issues, or “squawks,” say flight test insiders. The achievement capped a round-the-world flight that established two world records—for speed...
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