Boeing Completes Side-of-Body Installations on Two More 787 Dreamliners

EVERETT, Wash., Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) has
completed installing reinforcements within the side-of-body section of two
more 787 Dreamliners.

Over the weekend, employees at Boeing's facility in Everett, Wash., finished
reinforcing the full-scale static test airframe and the second Dreamliner
designated for flight test. Installations were completed Nov. 11 on the first
flight-test airplane.

The modification entails installing new fittings at 34 stringer locations
within the joint where the wing is attached to the fuselage.

"Our focus now is on completing the static test later this month, which will
validate the modification," said Scott Fancher, vice president and general
manager of the 787 program. "Concurrently we are restoring the airplanes and
completing the functional tests required to fly by the end of the year."

The static test airframe is being refitted with strain gauges and
instrumentation required for testing. Access doors, systems, seals and
fasteners removed from airplane No. 2 to provide access are being restored in
preparation for continued testing on the airplane. The first 787 also is being
restored.

Fancher said the program is on track to fly the 787 by the end of the year.

"We are building momentum with each milestone we achieve," Fancher said. "This
team is focused on its goals and bringing us ever closer to first flight."

Contact:
Mary Hanson
787 Communications
+1 206-898-4749
mary.hanson@boeing.com

More information: http://www.boeing.com/commercial/787family/index.html

SOURCE Boeing

Mary Hanson, 787 Communications, +1-206-898-4749, mary.hanson@boeing.com