Boeing buys struggling supplier Spirit AeroSystems to shore up 737 production woes
![Unfinished fuselages for the Boeing 737 during production at the Spirit AeroSystems factory in Wichita, Kan.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2000x1334+0+0/resize/2000x1334!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fed%2Fbd%2F20dc13df4af0a4799c452d382ea1%2Fp1610423-008.jpg)
Boeing agreed to buy Spirit AeroSystems, the Kansas-based supplier that makes fuselages for the 737 Max jet, in a deal intended to improve quality after a midair door plug blowout.
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