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VinFast Still Kicking and Planning to Show Vehicles at CES

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VinFast Auto is planning to show off several electric vehicles at CES it would like to see sold within the United States in the coming years. James, New York), Principle VinFast Grapevine (Grapevine, Texas), Hiley VinFast of Fort Worth (Fort Worth, Texas), and VinFast Wichita (Wichita, Kansas).

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4 Takeaways About Boeing’s Quality Problems

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Boeing said it did not allow inspector shopping and had increased the number of quality inspectors for commercial planes 20 percent since 2019. It has also said it will no longer accept Max bodies from Spirit AeroSystems, a key supplier based in Wichita, Kan., where Max planes are assembled. that still need work.

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Boeing Says Added Inspections Are Raising 737 Max Production Quality

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The body is made in Wichita, Kan., Lund, the senior vice president for quality in Boeing’s commercial airplane division. The post Boeing Says Added Inspections Are Raising 737 Max Production Quality appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. by Spirit AeroSystems, a supplier that Boeing is expected to soon acquire.

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Boeing Agrees to Buy Spirit AeroSystems, a Longtime Supplier

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Boeing said on Monday that it had agreed to buy a major supplier, Spirit AeroSystems, ending a nearly two-decade experiment in outsourcing production of major components of its commercial planes, including the body of the 737 Max and parts of the 767, 777 and 787. and operations in Oklahoma. s role as the source of investigative information.”

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Boeing Angers Safety Officials With Disclosures on 737 Max Incident

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Lund was promoted as part of a leadership shake-up in February , taking on her current role as a senior vice president overseeing quality across all of Boeing’s commercial airplanes. She was most recently in charge of commercial plane production programs. The body is made in Wichita, Kan.,

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‘Shortcuts Everywhere’: How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality

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The chief executive, Dave Calhoun, will leave at the end of the year, and Stan Deal, the head of the commercial planes division, which makes the 737 Max, retired immediately. Boeing said that it had increased the number of quality inspectors for commercial planes by 20 percent since 2019 and that inspections per plane had also risen.

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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. The company said it intended to conduct similar pauses at all of its commercial airplane factories and fabrication sites in the coming weeks. Boeing employees then reinstalled the door.

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