FAA orders inspections on 77 Boeing 787s over factory flaws that could cause wing cracks

AD 2026-17-02, effective October 1, covers 77 aircraft over joint failures detected by Boeing in 2019 in the lower side of body splice plates. Six Latin American airframes are affected: three at LATAM, one at Aeroméxico and two at Avianca. The rest of the region's 787 fleets fall outside.