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Huge Microsoft outage hits airlines — live updates on Delta, United, American, Southwest and more

A faulty update from cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike has taken thousands of PCS and servers offline and airlines seem to be particularly hard hit.

Tom’s Guide

Washington Spirit's Croix Bethune Makes NWSL History With Rookie Award

Bethune and Chawinga shine in NWSL; league standings tighten as teams compete for playoffs. Exciting matches ahead in the NWSL season.

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‘We’re in limbo’: Boeing takeover leaves longtime Belfast factory under threat

Workers and politicians fear steep job cuts at Northern Ireland’s Spirit AeroSystems, which has about 3,500 workers

The Guardian - UK

Boeing's Search For New CEO Draws Eyes Toward Spirit Aero's Current Chief

Boeing has announced that it will be buying back Spirit AeroSystems, one of the company's struggling suppliers. This move has led investors to speculate on who will be the next CEO of the planemaker.

International Business Times

What to know about the plea deal offered Boeing in connection with 2 plane crashes

Federal prosecutors and victims’ families are waiting for Boeing to decide whether to accept a plea deal that would settle a criminal fraud charge

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Boeing to Acquire Spirit AeroSystems: What to Know

Boeing will buy Spirit for $4.7 billion in stock as it looks to improve the safety and quality of its airplanes. Here's what you need to know.

Kiplinger

Embattled Boeing agrees to buy longtime supplier Spirit AeroSystems for $4.7bn

The agreement comes as the Department of Justice is set to offer Boeing a plea deal in connection to two deadly crashes

The Independent UK

Boeing to buy supplier Spirit AeroSystems in $4.7bn deal

US aircraft maker reverses decision it made nearly 20 years ago to outsource part of production amid safety crisis

The Guardian - UK

Boeing Acquires Spirit AeroSystems In $4.7 Billion All-Stock Deal

The comprehensive transaction, which includes Spirit's reported net debt, amounts to approximately $8.3 billion.

International Business Times

Boeing Says To Buy Subcontractor Spirit For $4.7 Billion

US aircraft manufacturer Boeing said Monday it had reached a "definitive deal" to buy its subcontractor Spirit, which has faced scrutiny over production quality control in recent months.

International Business Times

Boeing announces purchase of Spirit AeroSystems for $4.7 billion in stock

Boeing has announced plans to aquire Spirit AeroSystems for $4.7 billion in an all-stock transaction for the manufacturing firm

The Independent UK

Boeing Aims To Lift MAX Quality Control At Renton Factory

At its plane factory near Seattle, Boeing has increased employee training, appointed mentors for new recruits, brought back retirees as coaches and stepped up tracking of performance metrics.

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The Guardian - UK

Airbus shares plunge as plane maker cuts profit forecast

World’s largest aircraft manufacturer blames parts shortages for delays in production of A320neo

The Independent UK

Terrified Spirit Airlines passengers brace for emergency water landing on flight from Jamaica to Florida

Spirit Airliens flight NK270 was forced to return to island’s Montego Bay shortly after takeoff

International Business Times

Boeing Shares Tumble As Company Lowers 2024 Cash Forecast

Boeing shares were hammered Thursday after a top company official predicted another quarter of meager plane deliveries, likely resulting in negative cash for all of 2024.

The Independent UK

One Boeing whistleblower attends the memorial for another. The ‘air capital’ is on edge

The aviation industry has been at the epicenter of Wichita, Kansas – the self-styled “Air Capital of the World” – for more than a century. But as layoffs are announced and one Boeing supplier whistleblower attends a church service in memory of another, the second whistleblower to die in recent…

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The Independent UK

Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems to lay off hundreds of staff days after whistleblower’s sudden death

Decision was announced in memo to Kansas-based staff of aerospace supplier

The Independent UK

Key Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems is laying off 450 after production of troubled 737s slows

A key Boeing supplier that makes the fuselages for its popular 737 Max airplanes is laying off about 450 workers

The Guardian - UK

Boeing supplier regularly shipped parts with defects, whistleblower alleges

Santiago Paredes says he regularly found defects on fuselages being shipped by Spirit AeroSystems to Boeing

Salon

Another Boeing whistleblower dead

Joshua Dean, a former quality auditor, was one of the first to speak against leadership ignoring aircraft defects

The Guardian - US

Second Boeing whistleblower dies after short illness

Joshua Dean, 45, former quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems, alleged ‘gross misconduct by quality management’

WEKU

Whistleblower Joshua Dean, who raised concerns about Boeing jets, dies at 45

Dean's family says he quickly fell into critical condition after being diagnosed with a MRSA bacterial infection. He is the second aviation whistleblower to die in the past three months.

Evening Standard

Second whistleblower who accused Boeing of ignoring safety flaws dies

Joshua Dean worked at Spirit AeroSystems which is a supplier to the airplane manufacturer Boeing

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