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27 Jan, 4 tweets, 3 min read

#BREAKING Boeing hit by $6.4 bn in costs on delayed 777X program

#UPDATE Aerospace giant #Boeing concluded its reports from a bruising 2020 on Wednesday with another unpleasant surprise: a $6.5 billion hit from delays to its new 777X plane that increased its annual loss to $11.9 billion u.afp.com/UiWp

#BREAKING UK aviation authority allows Boeing 737 MAX to resume flights

#UPDATE The #777X MAX saga weighed on Boeing's results over the last two years, but the outlook for that program has improved after commercial flights on the plane resumed in late 2020 following a lengthy grounding caused by two fatal crashes
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