Airbus completes first A350 structure

Airbus said Friday it has manufactured an all-composite A350 center wing-box panel, the first structure on the next-generation aircraft it has completed and the largest "monobloc" composite panel it has produced. The panel, made entirely of carbon and with a surface area of 36 sq. m., was built in...

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