Boeing plans $4.7 billion acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems

The Gazette

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Hours after news broke that the US Justice Department plans to charge Boeing with criminal fraud for violating a 2021 deferred-prosecution agreement, Boeing announced a $4.7 billion plan to buy back Spirit AeroSystems, a major fuselage supplier it sold two decades ago.
Newsweek
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Talks to buy back Spirit began just weeks after a door panel blew out in mid-air on one of Boeing’s 737 Max 9s in January, shortly after it took off from Portland, Oregon.
Guardian
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Spirit also manufactures and supplies key parts for Boeing aircraft.
The Independent
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Spirit AeroSystems was a company little-known outside the aviation industry until January this year.
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