fuselage

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The fuselage is the primary structure of an aircraft, forming the outer shell.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

Reuters, citing industry sources, reported an industrial-quality issue affecting fuselage panels of several dozen aircraft in the A320 family.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 1, 2025

Regulators, blaming Boeing’s emphasis on production over quality, imposed the production limit after a fuselage panel blew off an Alaska Airlines jet midair in early 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 26, 2025

Inside, skylights cut into the rounded ceiling suggest a fuselage bathed in daylight.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

It looked sort of like a bumblebee, with a tiny cockpit perched way back where the vertical tail joined the fuselage.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins