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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. Little else had been delivered in any significant number. It didn’t matter.

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Boeing Agrees to Buy Spirit AeroSystems, a Longtime Supplier

Baua Electric

Boeing has taken internal steps to improve quality, too, after a harrowing incident in which a panel blew out of one of its planes on a flight in January. “By Spirit was created during that outsourcing drive in 2005, when Boeing sold a division in Wichita, Kan., The deal, which was widely expected, was valued at $4.7

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Boeing Says Added Inspections Are Raising 737 Max Production Quality

Baua Electric

a Boeing executive, Elizabeth Lund, also provided new detail about how the 737 Max left the plant missing four critical bolts that secured the panel, known as a door plug, in place. The body is made in Wichita, Kan., Speaking to reporters this week at the company’s factory in Renton, Wash., The benefits have been really tremendous.”

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Boeing Angers Safety Officials With Disclosures on 737 Max Incident

Baua Electric

Elizabeth Lund, a Boeing executive, provided new details on Tuesday about how the plane involved in the incident left the plant apparently without four critical bolts that secured the panel, known as a door plug, in place. Addressing reporters at a company factory in Renton, Wash., Addressing reporters at a company factory in Renton, Wash.,

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‘Shortcuts Everywhere’: How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality

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In February last year, a new Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max plane was on one of its first flights when an automated stabilizing system appeared to malfunction, forcing the pilots to make an emergency landing soon after they took off. And in November, an engine on a just-delivered United Airlines 737 Max failed at 37,000 feet. But since Jan.

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Boeing Reinstalled Panel That Later Blew Out of 737 Max Jet

Baua Electric

The employees opened the panel, known as a door plug, because work needed to be done to its rivets — which are often used to join and secure parts on planes — said the person, who asked for anonymity because the person isn’t authorized to speak publicly while the National Transportation Safety Board conducts an investigation.

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