Basic Airframe Of a Passenger Jet

The body of Boeing's 737 jetliner is fabricated in sections at a Wichita factory. Whistle-blowers say ill-fitting parts were installed on fuselages, which later were shipped to Renton, Wash., where the planes were assembled.

Basic Airframe Of a Passenger Jet

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