It seems more defects in the same vein have surfaced. Quoting the
Seatle Times
(Boeing officially states) “some areas of the 787 circumferential fuselage join may not meet specified skin flatness tolerances,”
flaw arose when software failed to flag that shims exceeding the maximum thickness per engineering specifications were being used.
“As a result, we delivered no 787s in November and expect the process will continue to slow deliveries in December,”