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A Boeing 737 Max jet prepares to land at Boeing Field following a test flight in Seattle, Sept. 30, 2020. Boeing announced plans late Sunday, June 30, 2024, to acquire Spirit AeroSystems for $4.7 billion in an all-stock transaction for the manufacturing firm. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Under pressure on plane safety, Boeing is buying stressed supplier Spirit for $4.7 billion

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Heavy machinery remove the debris of the burned down Japan Airlines plane at Haneda airport in Tokyo Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. A team of transport safety officials searched for a voice recorder from the severely burned fuselage of the plane, seeking crucial information on what caused a collision with a small coast guard plane on the runway at Tokyo's Haneda airport. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japanese safety experts search for voice data as workers clear plane debris from runway collision

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

In this June 17, 2019, file photo, an Airbus A 350 - 1000 performs a demonstration flight at Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, east of Paris, France. The owner of Air India announced a deal Tuesday, Feb.14, 2023, to buy 250 Airbus jets, including A350 wide-body planes and A320neo single-aisle planes in a deal worth billions of dollars. Air India, owned by Tata Group, is reportedly considering a similar order for Boeing as part of expansion efforts. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Boeing to sell a whopping 220 jets to Air India, third-biggest sale in company history

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020 file photo, a worker uses a flashlight to inspect an engine on a Boeing 737 Max 8 built for Southwest Airlines at Renton Municipal Airport in Renton, Wash. On Monday, mach 29, 2021, Southwest said it's expanding its all-Boeing fleet with an order for 100 737 MAX airplanes. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Southwest Airlines orders 100 Boeing 737 Max planes

By DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept.1, 2014 file photo, French member of parliament Olivier Dassault smiles in Paris. The French billionaire aviation industrialist who also served 19 years as a member of parliament died in a helicopter crash along with the pilot, authorities said. Olivier Dassault, 69, was heir to a powerful family business empire that made Falcon private jets and Rafale fighter planes and owned many other businesses including Le Figaro newspaper. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File)

French aviation billionaire, pilot die in helicopter crash

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FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021 file photo, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a media conference in Brussels. In a sign of goodwill to rebuild trans-Atlantic relations, the European Union and the United States have decided to suspend tariffs used in the longstanding Airbus-Boeing dispute for a four-month period, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday, March 5, 2021 after a remote conversation with U.S. President Joe Biden. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP, Pool)

EU, US agree to suspend tariffs over Airbus-Boeing dispute

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

A Hungarian Airbus 330 plane transporting the first batch of the vaccine against the new coronavirus produced by Sinopharm of China to Hungary lands at Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. The vaccine will not be used without its examination and approval by the National Public Health Center. (Zoltan Mathe/MTI via AP)

Airbus lost $1.3 billion amid pandemic; expects better 2021

By ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018, file photo, a survivor, lower right, walks away from the scene of a deadly tour helicopter crash along the jagged rocks of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. The pilot of the helicopter that crashed in the Grand Canyon in 2018, killing five British tourists, says he lost control of the aircraft after a &quot;violent gust of wind&quot; sent it spinning. The National Transportation Safety Board released its final report Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, that said tailwinds, potential downdrafts and turbulence were the probable cause of the loss of control and tail-rotor effectiveness. (Teddy Fujimoto via AP, File)

Deadly Grand Canyon copter crash likely caused by wind

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2020 file photo, traffic passes the Boeing airplane production plant, in Everett, Wash. The European Union pressed ahead Monday Nov. 9, 2020, with plans to impose tariffs and other penalties on up to $4 billion worth of U.S. goods and services over illegal American support for plane maker Boeing, but expressed hope that trade ties would improve once President Donald Trump leaves office. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, file)

EU puts tariffs on US but hopes for change with Biden

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Boeing says pandemic will cut demand for planes for a decade

By DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 17, 2015 file photo, an Airbus A350 performs a demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show, in Le Bourget airport, north of Paris. European planemaker Airbus says it is taking the last step to end 16 years of litigation with the United States at the World Trade Organization. The manufacturer said it will end a system of financial support from France and Spain that the WTO had deemed illegal and unfair to rival Boeing. The Trump administration used the case as justification to slap tariffs on $7.5 billion worth of European exports. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Airbus moves to end 16 years of litigation, end US tariffs

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FILE - In this March 7, 2011 file photo, a Pakistan International Airlines passenger jet is parked on the tarmac at a military base in Makassar, Indonesia. The spokesman of Pakistan’s national carrier said Wednesday, July 8, 2020, that the airline is firing 28 pilots found to have tainted licenses, the latest chapter in a scandal that emerged in the wake of the Airbus A320 crash in Karachi in May. An inquiry into the crash, which killed 97 people on board, resulted in the stunning revelation that 260 of 860 pilots in Pakistan had cheated on their pilots exams, but were still given licences by the Civil Aviation Authority. (AP Photo, File)

Pakistani carrier fires 28 pilots over fake licenses scandal

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

People attend candlelight vigil for victims of the crash of a state-run Pakistan International Airlines plane, in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday , May 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Pakistani girl dies of her injuries from Karachi plane crash

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People attend the funeral for victims of the crash of a state-run Pakistan International Airlines plane on Friday near the southern port city of Karachi, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Monday, May 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Airbus experts probe plane crash that killed 97 in Pakistan

By ADIL JAWAD - Associated Press

Family members of an air hostess Anam Maqsood, who was killed in Friday's plane crash, mourn for her death at their home in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, May 23, 2020. An aviation official says a passenger plane belonging to state-run Pakistan International Airlines carrying passengers and crew has crashed near the southern port city of Karachi. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Turbulence, warnings before Pakistan plane crash killed 97

By ADIL JAWAD - Associated Press

Fire brigade staff try to put out fire caused by plane crash in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, May 22, 2020. An aviation official says a passenger plane belonging to state-run Pakistan International Airlines carrying more than 100 passengers and crew has crashed near the southern port city of Karachi. There were no immediate reports on the number of casualties. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Pakistan plane with 98 on board crashes near Karachi

By Adil Jawad - Associated Press

Illustration on Federal assistance to Boeing by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Keep Boeing and airline manufacturing afloat now to bounce back when the COVID-19 pandemic passes

By Brian McNicoll

New helicopter to help state monitor bears, survey flooding

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Air Canada jet lands safely in Toronto after losing a wheel

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE- In this Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014 file photo, an Emirati man takes a selfie in front of a new Etihad Airways A380 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi's long-troubled Etihad Airways said Tuesday, Feb. 4 2020, it would sell 38 aircraft to an investment firm and a leasing company in a deal valued at $1 billion, the latest cost-cutting measure by the United Arab Emirates' national carrier. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

Abu Dhabi’s long-troubled Etihad sells 38 planes for $1B

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press