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Spirit AeroSystems is laying off 450 after production of 737s slows

Published May 17, 2024 01:20PM

Spirit AeroSystems is laying off 450 after production of 737s slows

Spirit AeroSystems, a key Boeing supplier that makes the fuselages for its popular 737 Max airplanes is laying off about 450 workers because production has slowed down ever since a panel flew off one of those airplanes operated by Alaska Airlines in midair in January.

A spokesman for Spirit AeroSystems confirmed the layoffs at its Wichita, Kansas, plant on Thursday that would trim its workforce of just over 13,000 people. Spirit is Boeing’s most important supplier on the 737s because it makes fuselages and installs door plugs lik ... Read more

Kansas City mayor confirms 'suspicious activity' on city's I

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas said Wednesday ongoing outages in city systems were caused by "suspicious activity" detected on the city's information technology systems.

Lucas said the city became aware o ... Read more

Auburn DBF team has top-20 finish in AIAA Design Build Fly C

Auburn University’s Design, Build, Fly (DBF) program's goal was to compete in Wichita, Kansas. They succeeded — not only competing — but earning a top-20 international finish and being the top school in the Southeastern Conference.

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Pennsylvania man accused of trafficking stolen human remains

SCRANTON, Pa. — A Pennsylvania man was charged Wednesday after he allegedly was involved in trafficking stolen human remains.

Andrew Ensanian, 38, from Montgomery, Pennsylvania, is charged with interstate transport of stolen goods. Ang ... Read more

Silver Alert issued for Wichita man

Published May 17, 2024 05:31AM

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A Statewide Silver Alert has been issued for a man last seen in Wichita.

The whereabouts of 88-year-old James Elbert Bourn are unknown after he left Thursday, May 16 to get gas around 4 p.m.

Bourn was driving a 2016 grey Ford Fusion with Kansas tag 7122ABX and a vanity plate that reads Epsilon Sigma Alpha.

Bourn is a 6 foot 1 inch tall white man with grey hair and brown eyes that weighs 200 pounds.

He has a mole on his right cheek, wears glasses, and has a fresh cut on hi ... Read more

Ransomware attack impacts law enforcement data in Wichita

Law enforcement data were compromised in a ransomware attack on the city government of Wichita, Kansas, giving hackers access to an unspecified number of people’s personal information, including names, Social Security numbers, driver’s licenses a ... Read more

Boeing subcontractor whistleblower: ‘They wanted me to lie

Santiago Paredes, a former production inspector for Boeing subcontractor Spirit AeroSystems, says he witnessed hundreds of defects on the line he oversaw inspecting, and says he was silenced.

(NewsNation) — A former production inspecto ... Read more

2 Kansas officers shot by suspect, expected to recover

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Two police officers responding to a domestic violence call in Wichita, Kansas, were shot and wounded in the early hours of Christmas Day, authorities said.

A woman told police that her boyfriend, 24-year-old Malik ... Read more

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