Boeing said that because of a design feature in putting the fuselage panels together, decompression would only occur in a safe, controlled manner.

Considine opened the fuselage panel of the Bristol Freighter; the man spoke.

Boeing said the Japanese companies would be responsible for about 20 percent of the aircraft frame, including the majority of the fuselage panels and doors, and the wing center section.

Castagne et al. provides an example where value-driven design was used to design fuselage panels for a regional jet.

Similarly, the fuselage panels were manufactured to fit only loosely on the ground.

The agency said the move had been prompted by reports of cracking along rows of rivets that help to hold fuselage panels together.

Access is via a hinged transparency and shallow hinged fuselage panel.

In the future, weaving fuselage panels could remove complications from the conventional assembly process.

Tires, struts-he jiggled each fuselage panel to make sure it was securely latched.

The debris path consisted of the tail boom, both skids, both engines, the main rotor assembly, and various other fuselage panels.