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Boeing CEO to Visit Main 737 Supplier as Quality Crisis Grows
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Boeing Co. Chief Executive Officer Dave Calhoun is planning to meet with the leaders of Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc., as regulators and customers search for answers to a string of quality shortfalls surrounding the 737 Max.
Calhoun is planning to visit Spirit’s main campus on Wednesday in Wichita, Kansas, where it builds the passenger jet’s fuselages, according to a spokesperson for Spirit. He’ll be part of a town hall with employees, along with Bob Johnson, Spirit’s chairman, and Pat Shanahan, the supplier’s CEO.