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

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The piece was manufactured in Malaysia in March and received by Spirit AeroSystems, a Boeing supplier in Wichita, Kan., Joe Buccino, a spokesman for Spirit, said, “We remain focused on working closely with Boeing and our regulators on continuous improvement in our processes and meeting the highest standards of safety, quality and reliability.”

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‘Shortcuts Everywhere’: How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality

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And some suppliers have struggled to adhere to quality standards while producing parts at the pace Boeing wanted them. In one case, the employee said, a worker sent parts from a receiving area straight to the factory floor before a required inspection. After the Jan.

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NASA awards $16.5M to four teams for additional research into reducing aircraft fuel consumption, emissions and noise

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Cessna Aircraft Company-Cessna Citation, Wichita, Kan., The Boeing subsonic team, which includes BR&T, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, General Electric and Georgia Tech, looked at five concepts as part of the SUGAR (Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research) project. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Mass.,

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National Drive Electric Week 2023 Recap: Let’s Give Them Something To Talk About

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Disappointed but undeterred, we went to work and launched National Drive Elect ric Week (originally called National Plug In Day), thinking we would have had a better chance of coverage h ad our parade been part of a nationwide observance. Turns out we were right. ” In the limelight: E. We’re following the trend,” McCarthy said.

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