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UK Competition Regulator Investigates Boeing-Spirit Deal is published in Aviation Daily, an Aviation Week Intelligence ...

UK competition regulators are reviewing potential concerns posed by Boeing's planned acquisition of supplier Spirit ...

Britain's competition regulator is considering whether Boeing's deal to acquire its former subsidiary Spirit AeroSystems ...

Britain’s competition watchdog is assessing whether Boeing’s (NYSE:BA) planned takeover of Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE:SPR) ...

Boeing in July last year reached a deal to buy Spirit AeroSystems for about $4.7 billion, in a bid to improve the safety and quality of its manufacturing. The U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority ...

The investigation has already revealed that bolts were never replaced after the door plug was removed during a repair.

The NTSB has found that systemic failures, including missing bolts securing the door plug, led to the door plug blowout on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 in January 2024.

Boeing and supplier Spirit AeroSystems have completed engineering work for a design change to 737 Max mid-cabin door plugs, ...