Boeing Opens 777 Moving Assembly Line

Credit: BOEING
Three years after it began studying the complexities of a moving assembly line for its big twin-engine 777s, Boeing has begun the process at the company's wide-body aircraft headquarters in Everett, Wash., north of Seattle. The process will be phased in. Initially, the line is moving at 1.6 in. per...

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