CNN BUSINESS | Boeing grounds eight 787 Dreamliners over manufacturing flaw

New York (CNN Business)   Boeing has found a problem with the manufacturing of the 787 Dreamliner, the widebody jet that is one of the most successful products of the troubled aircraft maker.

Eight of the planes will be grounded for inspection and repair of how parts of the fuselage were joined together, Boeing said in a statement.

“Boeing has identified two distinct manufacturing issues in the join of certain 787 aftbody fuselage sections, which, in combination, result in a condition that does not meet our design standards,” said the company’s statement. It said it is conducting a thorough review into the root cause of the problem.

There are nearly 1,000 787s that have been delivered to 69 different airlines worldwide since it started operations in 2012.  —more—