PARIS (Reuters) - Two years after the world's largest jetliner rolled out of its Toulouse factory for the last time, Airbus is preparing to bring some A380 superjumbos back to their birthplace for ...

UK manufacturer GKN has shown off the first examples of prototype composite rear wing spars for the Airbus A350 XWB wing-box demonstrator at its Yeovil plant. The prototype manufacture milestone is ...

GKN Aerospace has optimised automated technology to speed up carbonfibre tape lay-up on the Airbus Military A400M primary wing spar it makes by up to 40 times compared with hand methods. According to ...

Metal fatigue, originating near a wing spar attachment bolt hole, caused fractures in the left wing of a Piper Arrow, leading to its separation during takeoff. The NTSB's investigation revealed ...

Emirates has to repair wing-spar cracks on four of its Airbus A380s. Credit: Dubai Airports Operators of older Airbus A380s are finding that earlier-than-expected and broader proliferation of cracks ...

LONDON—GKN Aerospace says it has designed, manufactured and delivered a midscale demonstrator tool to support the development of a composite wing spar for Airbus’ Wing of Tomorrow program. The tool ...

A part of the engine punched a large hole through the plane’s aluminium alloy front wing spar, a major structural component of the wing. The photograph, posted on a pilot website, also shows damage to ...

Boeing workers sign a banner celebrating the start of production for the 777X jet. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) EVERETT, Wash. — With the rat-a-tat-tat of a robotic riveter, Boeing celebrated the ...

EVERETT — Boeing officials celebrated the start of production of its delayed 777X-8 freighter Monday, holding a ceremony at the company’s Composite Wing Center in Everett. That’s where a worker ...

As Boeing prepares to deliver its first 737 MAX airplane and to boost production of single-aisle jets 12 percent — both by May — the Renton factory has geared up with additional refinements of its ...