Boeing completed the ultimate load test on the static test 787 airframe, ZY997, at Everett on March 28. The test — officially dubbed Condition 18b — evaluated the ability of the wing-body structure to ...

The video opens with a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner racing down the runway, then pitching up into a near-vertical climb that looks more like a fighter jet routine than a commercial airliner departure.

Boeing announced today that all test requirements were successfully met during the 787 Dreamliner's ultimate load wing and fuselage bending test. This follows a thorough analysis of the results from a ...