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INRIX: congestion costs each American 97 hours, $1,348 a year

Green Car Congress

published the 2018 Global Traffic Scorecard that identified and ranked congestion and mobility trends in more than 200 cities, across 38 countries. According to the study, Americans lost an average of 97 hours a year due to congestion, costing them nearly $87 billion in 2018, an average of $1,348 per driver. Wichita, Kan.,

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4 Takeaways About Boeing’s Quality Problems

Baua Electric

Even before the two fatal Max crashes, in 2018 and 2019, Boeing was trying to keep up with its main rival, Airbus , which had introduced a new, fuel-efficient plane a few years before the Max began flying. It has also said it will no longer accept Max bodies from Spirit AeroSystems, a key supplier based in Wichita, Kan.,

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Grounded Boeing Max 9 Jets Could Resume Flying Within Days

Baua Electric

But crashes of a different variant of the plane, the Max 8, in 2018 and 2019 killed 346 people and led to the Max’s being grounded worldwide. The near disaster in January led to renewed scrutiny on quality control at Boeing and its contractors, including Spirit AeroSystems, a supplier that makes the body for the 737 Max in Wichita, Kan.

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Alaska Airlines 737 May Have Left Boeing Factory Missing Bolts, N.T.S.B. Says

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The report intensifies the scrutiny on Boeing, which has been scrambling for weeks to contain the fallout from the incident, and it raises fresh questions about whether the company did enough to improve safety after two fatal crashes of 737 Max 8 planes in 2018 and 2019. Mr. Calhoun visited Spirit in Wichita. The N.T.S.B.

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‘Shortcuts Everywhere’: How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality

Baua Electric

They suggest that Boeing is struggling to improve quality years after two crashes of Max 8 planes in 2018 and 2019 killed nearly 350 people. 5 incident, Boeing announced changes to improve quality, including adding inspections at its factory in Renton and at the plant in Wichita, Kan., After the Jan.

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Boeing Reinstalled Panel That Later Blew Out of 737 Max Jet

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The request to open the plug came from employees of Spirit AeroSystems, a supplier that makes the body for the 737 Max in Wichita, Kan. In 2018 and 2019, two crashes of the 737 Max 8 killed 346 people. After Boeing employees complied, Spirit employees who are based at Boeing’s Renton factory repaired the rivets.

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