Boeing travails begins to ripple, 2,800 jobs lost in Kansas

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January 10, 2020 - 11:09 AM

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Problems for Boeing and its troubled 737 Max aircraft, which appear to be growing deeper, have begun to ripple outward with a major supplier announcing Friday that it will lay off more than 20% of its workforce in Kansas, where it is based. 
The announcement of 2,800 layoffs at a major employer in Wichita, the state’s biggest city, come one day after documents  became public showing that Boeing employees raised doubts about the safety of the 737 Max, apparently tried to hide problems from federal regulators, and ridiculed those responsible for…

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