fuselage

Regulators, blaming Boeing’s emphasis on production over quality, imposed the production limit after a fuselage panel blew off an Alaska Airlines jet midair in early 2024.

Preliminary information showed that the wing of the Roanoke-bound plane made contact with the fuselage of the plane arriving from Charlotte, Delta said.

Inside, skylights cut into the rounded ceiling suggest a fuselage bathed in daylight.

Shortly afterwards Russia's emergencies ministry said a Russian civil aviation helicopter had spotted burning fuselage from the plane.

The UK supplies between 13-15% of the components used in the jet, including ejector seats, rear fuselage, active interceptor systems, targeting lasers and weapon release cables.