Airbus Vs Boeing on composite component saftey

Robin Capper

Robin Capper

— 1 min read

Marketing, politics or safety concerns?

  • Boeing are making unprecedented use of composite materials in the new 787 including the complete fuselage…
  • Airbus raise the difficulty of detecting impact damage in composites…
Passenger aircraft rivals clash over safety of fuselage built from plastic - Times Online

Passenger aircraft rivals clash over safety of fuselage built from plastic - Times Online



“Airbus pioneered the use of composites in 1985 in the tail-fin of the A310, and it is going a step farther in the A350, the rival to the 787, by making the wings from composites. But the European manufacturer, which will build the wings at Broughton, North Wales, has angered Boeing by asserting that the material is too risky to use composites for a fuselage.”
“A Boeing spokesman said: “The composite fuselage will be so strong that if there is no visible damage, no repair will be required.”





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