Boeing Extends Closing of Seattle-Area Plants on Virus Worry
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Boeing Co. decided to keep its Seattle-area commercial manufacturing hub closed indefinitely as state health officials work to contain a Covid-19 outbreak and its suppliers show signs of stress.
The factories, including a hulking plant where all of the company’s wide-body jets are built, had been scheduled to reopen late Tuesday evening following an earlier two-week closure. The safety of employees and recommendations of government health authorities were among the considerations, the Chicago-based planemaker said in a statement.