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When a piece of an Alaska Airlines flight blew out into the sky in January, concern and scrutiny focused once more on the plane’s manufacturer, Boeing.
Sydney Ember, a business reporter for The Times, explains what has been learned about the incident and what the implications might be for Boeing.
On today’s episode
Sydney Ember, a business reporter for The New York Times.
Background reading
The Alaska Airlines plane may have left the Boeing factory missing bolts, the National Transportation Safety Board said.
Facing another Boeing crisis, the F.A.A. takes a harder line.
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