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Work has officially started on building Boeing's $750 million aircraft assembly plant in South Carolina - the largest industrial investment in state history.
In South Carolina, Boeing is on the fast track. The company will officially break ground at the site of its next 787 Dreamliner assembly plant on Friday, but the break-neck pace is already underway.
he man who died following what police described as "an industrial accident" at the Boeing plant committed suicide, according to the King County Medical Examiner's Office.
Boeing said Monday it has finished fixing structural problems in two more of its 787 jetliners. The flaws had forced the airplane maker to further delay delivery of the highly anticipated plane earlier this year.
The Boeing Co. says it has finished fixing structural flaws in the first of its long-delayed 787 jetliners. The airplane maker says the work on the plane's side-of-body section is "a significant step" toward the first flight of the aircraft.
A Los Angeles businessman has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for selling uncertified aircraft manufacturing parts that were used to make Boeing 737 airplanes.
The Boeing Co. Announced 500 company-wide layoffs on Friday, but in South Carolina, the aerospace giant is hiring for its new assembly line, which needs a thousand new workers.
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has signed an incentive package passed as part of a successful bid to lure airline maker Boeing to build an assembly plant in the state.
Boeing's Dreamliner decision will pump more than 3,000 new jobs and $750 million into South Carolina. It's a windfall for a state with the fifth highest unemployment rate in the country.