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Boeing begins final assembly of first 737 MAX airplane

Washington, USA - On schedule

Boeing employees in Renton, Wash., have started final assembly on schedule of the first B-737 MAX 8 airplane, the first member of its new and efficient single-aisle family. After the first fuselage arrived on Aug. 21 from Spirit Aerosystems in Wichita, Kan, mechanics began installing flight systems and insulation blankets. Crews next moved the fuselage to the wing-to-body join position on the...

fra/pec - 1170438
Rome, Italy, 09/16/2015 14:30
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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