Boeing reported positive initial results Sunday from a test in which
engineers bent the wings of a 787 Dreamliner ground test airplane until the
load was more than one-and-a-half times anything the jet will experience in
service.
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Boeing Completes Ultimate-Load Wing Test on 787 K64913
In a carefully planned extreme test inside Boeing's Everett plant Sunday,
engineers bent the wings of a 787 Dreamliner ground-test airplane until the
load was more than one-and-a-half times an