singapole. Boeing said yesterday around 55 of its flagship 787 Dreamliners "have the potential" to develop a fuselage shimming problem, but reiterated that the fault was being fixed.

Shims are used to fill in space between parts and industry publication Flightglobal has reported that improperly joined pieces had caused "parts of the aircraft's carbon fibre structure to delaminate".

The discovery of the issue in early February is the latest snag to hit the showpiece but troubled jet, which suffered extensive production delays. (AFP)

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