Boeing stops 787 work at Italy's Alenia over flawsUS aerospace giant Boeing said Friday that it had ordered work to stop on fuselages being built by Italy's Alenia for the new 787 Dreamliner after discovering flaws. Boeing ordered the work to stop on June 23 "due to a change in manufacturing processes," company spokeswoman Loretta Gunter told AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. . "Stringers were being produced outside of Boeing specifications which led to microscopic microscopic /mi·cro·scop·ic/ (mi?kro-skop´ik) 1. of extremely small size; visible only by the aid of the microscope. 2. pertaining or relating to a microscope or to microscopy. wrinkles wrinkles See bells and whistles. in the fuselage skin," she said. Stringers are structures used to reinforce the fuselage. "Two areas on the fuselage need to be reinforced to provide the desired strength. These areas are accessible from the outside of the airplane airplane, aeroplane, or aircraft, heavier-than-air vehicle, mechanically driven and fitted with fixed wings that support it in flight through the dynamic action of the air. and the reinforcement reinforcement /re·in·force·ment/ (-in-fors´ment) in behavioral science, the presentation of a stimulus following a response that increases the frequency of subsequent responses, whether positive to desirable events, or is relatively simple," she added. Gunter said that Alenia was continuing to work on the fuselage sections it had already fabricated fab·ri·cate tr.v. fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing, fab·ri·cates 1. To make; create. 2. To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts: . "The Italian company will begin fabricating new barrels as soon as we have changed the design engineering such that the fuselage sections will not need to be reinforced after they are produced," she said. "There is no impact to cost or schedule," the Boeing spokeswoman said. She declined to say when production would resume. On June 23, the same day it issued the work-stoppage order, Boeing announced a fifth delay in the 787 Dreamliner program due to the need to reinforce the structure on the side of the aircraft. At the time, Boeing said a new schedule for the first flight and delivery would be available in "several weeks." 
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