Boeing consolidates 787 production in South Carolina to weather global pandemic
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A Boeing 787-9 takes off at Paine Field in Everett, Wash. Boeing said Thursday, Oct. 1, that it will consolidate production of its two-aisle 787 jetliner in South Carolina and shut down the original assembly line for the plane near Seattle. The company said the move will start in mid-2021.2/8
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A line of Boeing 787 jets sit on the floor nearing completion at the company's production plant in Everett, Wash. Boeing said Thursday, Oct. 1, that it will consolidate production of its two-aisle 787 jetliner in South Carolina and shut down the original assembly line for the plane near Seattle. The company said the move will start in mid-2021.3/8
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A worker suspended in an overhead basket look down at the wing on a Boeing 787 fatigue test airframe inside a structural test rig at a massive Boeing airplane production plant Thursday, Oct. 1, in Everett, Wash. Boeing said Thursday that it will consolidate production of its two-aisle 787 jetliner in South Carolina and shut down the original assembly line for the plane near Seattle. The company said the move will start in mid-2021.4/8
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A Boeing 787 fatigue test airframe sits inside a structural test rig at a massive Boeing airplane production plant Thursday, Oct. 1, in Everett, Wash. Fatigue testing is a lengthy process that simulates up to three times the number of flight cycles an airplane is likely to experience during a lifetime of service.5/8
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A worker motions as he stands on a platform next to a Boeing 787 fatigue test airframe inside a structural test rig at a massive Boeing airplane production plant Thursday, Oct. 1, in Everett, Wash. Boeing said Thursday that it will consolidate production of its two-aisle 787 jetliner in South Carolina and shut down the original assembly line for the plane near Seattle. The company said the move will start in mid-2021.6/8
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A worker suspended in an overhead basket look down at the wing on a Boeing 787 fatigue test airframe inside a structural test rig at a massive Boeing airplane production plant Thursday, Oct. 1, in Everett, Wash. Boeing said Thursday that it will consolidate production of its two-aisle 787 jetliner in South Carolina and shut down the original assembly line for the plane near Seattle. The company said the move will start in mid-2021.7/8
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A worker opens a bay door built into a hanger door at a massive Boeing airplane production plant Thursday, Oct. 1, in Everett, Wash. Boeing said Thursday that it will consolidate production of its two-aisle 787 jetliner in South Carolina and shut down the original assembly line for the plane near Seattle. The company said the move will start in mid-2021.8/8
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A car passes in view of a massive Boeing airplane production plant Thursday, Oct. 1, in Everett, Wash. Boeing said Thursday that it will consolidate production of its two-aisle 787 jetliner in South Carolina and shut down the original assembly line for the plane near Seattle. The company said the move will start in mid-2021.
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