Water is sprayed onto an overheated 34,000-gal. tank at GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems on May 23, 2026, in Garden Grove, California.
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GKN Aerospace has restarted some activities at its Garden Grove, California, industrial site that makes transparencies for fighter canopies and passenger windows after an industrial mishap, but parent company Melrose is not sure when the site will be fully operational again. Because of uncertainty...
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