The Portuguese manufacturer OGMA will replace Daewoo of South Korea as manufacturer of fuselage sections for the Fairchild Dornier 328 and 328JET. Tooling will be transferred to Ogma soon, with the first Portuguese-sourced fuselage expected on a production 328 by the end of 1998.
Source: Flight International
Comac has kicked off a joint research meeting for its in-development C929 widebody, bringing together a large group of academics, scientists and engineers, as well as government officials, from across the country.
US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chair Jennifer Homendy refutes a whistleblower’s claim that Boeing concealed key documents related to the Alaska Airlines flight 1282 accident in January.
A current Boeing quality engineer told lawmakers on 17 April that the fuselages of more than 1,000 787s could be subject to early failure due to manufacturing “shortcuts” – an allegation Boeing firmly refutes.
