Cracks in wings ground two Boeing jets
13 October 2019 |
4:56 pm
Southwest Airlines grounded two Boeing 737 airplanes on Wednesday after finding cracks in a part of the wings. Boeing is still dealing with fallout from two deadly crashes due to technical failures in the last year.
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