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Boeing Completes Static Testing on 787 Reinforcements
Boeing has finished the static tests needed to validate the side-of-body modification made to the 787 Dreamliner, the company announced yesterday.

Boeing has finished the static tests needed to validate the side-of-body modification made to the 787 Dreamliner, the company announced yesterday. Boeing said it expects to conclude a full analysis of the test results in about 10 days. The program needs a successful test result to clear the airplane for its planned first flight next month. 

During yesterday’s test on the 787’s static test airframe, engineers subjected the wing and trailing edges of the airframe to the highest loads expected in service. The load amounts to about 2.5 times the force of gravity for the wing.