Spirit AeroSystems Outlines Latest Boeing 737 Disruption

boeing 737 fuselages en route between sprit aerosystems and boeing

The 737 fuselage rework will slow Spirit’s new-parts production for several months.

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Spirit AeroSystems has a new and unwelcome top priority for the next several months: repairing dozens of Boeing 737s it supplied with nonconforming vertical tail attachment fittings. The work will disrupt factory flow, cost the company an as-yet-unknown amount of money and add to a list of sizable...
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