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Boeing to cut 17,000 jobs amid worker strike and crisis over plane safety
Embattled US aerospace giant also announces plans to delay first delivery of 777X commercial jetliner by a year
Boeing is cutting 17,000 jobs “to align with our financial reality” as the beleaguered aerospace giant grapples with a sweeping strike and the persisting fallout from its latest safety crisis. The American firm also announced plans to delay the first delivery of its 777X commercial jetliner by a year, and braced investors for “substantial” new losses in its struggling defense business. About 33,000 Boeing workers in Washington and Oregon went on strike a month ago, halting production of the company’s 737 Max, 767 and 777 jets amid a standoff over pay.
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