Boeing developing 'radical' 800-seat superjumbo

Boeing engineers are working on an 800-seat airliner with wings that blend smoothly into the fuselage instead of protruding from its sides.

Boeing developing 'radical' 800-seat superjumbo

Boeing engineers are working on an 800-seat airliner with wings that blend smoothly into the fuselage instead of protruding from its sides.

The so-called blended wing-body aircraft would fly at the same speed and altitude as a Boeing 747-400 but would use 25% less fuel and generate less noise, the Los Angeles Times reports.

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