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Boeing 787 aircraft: the troubled history of the Dreamliner

Everett, USA - Several problems in the past few days for the modern airplane

There is more than one reason to complain for the Boeing customers who purchased the 787 Dreamliner, the first aircraft in aviation history to be constructed with panels of carbon-fiber composed materials: a project which is revolutionary for its machinery configuration, whose programme, according to a conservative estimate released in September 2011 by "The Seattle Times" puts Boeing's total investment...

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