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...four bolts meant to secure the panel to the aircraft were missing, and an audit of Boeing and Spirit by the US Federal Aviation Administration found “multiple instances” where the companies failed to meet manufacturing...
...US aviation safety regulators have capped Boeing’s output of its 737 Max aircraft while the company focuses on improving its manufacturing and quality processes....
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...At the same time, Apple is diversifying its manufacturing away from China. Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, is visiting Vietnam this week as the iPhone maker plans to increase its supply chain there....
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...Amid rising geopolitical tensions, Cook has become a frequent visitor to China, a key market and huge manufacturing base for Apple products....
...Yet for long-term regulatory and political reasons, component manufacturing might be most optimal when performed in-house....
...In a chilly hangar in Northern Ireland, Ulster Aviation Society co-founder Ray Burrows surveys painstakingly restored aircraft including a sleek black Sherpa jet, a boxy Short 330 and a Canberra spy plane...
...But the Biden administration has now confirmed it will offer Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the chip powerhouse making key AI chips and processors for Nvidia, Apple and AMD, some $6.6bn in grants...
...Its role has been under scrutiny over the past year amid manufacturing problems. Homendy said pilots had reported pressurisation warnings on three flights in the month before the incident....
...The move is a blow to Boeing, which has struggled with manufacturing defects on the 737....
...It was spun out of Boeing in 2005 as the US group looked to shift fixed costs of its manufacturing facilities and labour to the variable cost of procuring parts from a supplier....
...Its role has been under scrutiny over the past year amid on-going manufacturing problems. Homendy said pilots had reported pressurisation warnings on three flights in the month before the incident....
FAA recommends inspections of aircraft with same kind of door plug as Alaska Airlines plane involved in blowout
Discovery threatens wider crisis for aerospace group after plane suffered mid-air blowout
...Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co and Foxconn are not the only Taiwanese tech companies feeling compelled to expand abroad....
...Boeing needed to take action to address its manufacturing problems, he added, and “it needs to be real action”....
...Here’s how CreditSights analysts describe their understanding of the manufacturing process: While Spirit AeroSystems installs the door plug into the fuselage before shipping 737 MAX 9s to Boeing, we believe...
...The incident has raised questions about manufacturing and safety processes at Boeing and its supplier Spirit AeroSystems, which builds the Max fuselages....
...The editorial team can be reached at techasia@nex.nikkei.co.jp....
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