Boeing has alerted airlines that rivets used on the upper deck and main deck of 27 747-400s will have to be replaced
Boeing has alerted airlines that rivets used on the upper deck and main deck of 27 747-400s will have to be replaced. The rivets help reinforce aircraft structure and cannot handle the stresses involved. Each aircraft may have 300-1,000 rivets that need replacing out of tens of thousands. Ten of the...
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