Boeing Finds New 787 Dreamliner Production Problem

8-Year-Old Girl Killed, 2 Adults Critically Injured in Chicago Shooting

An 8-year-old girl was fatally shot and two adults were seriously injured in Chicago on Monday evening after gunshots were fired into a vehicle in the city’s south side, according to police. Shots were fired into a Subaru SUV at a stop light just before 6 p.m. in Chicago’s Canaryville neighborhood, Chicago Police Chief of Operations Brian McDermott said. The young girl and three adults were in the vehicle at the time of the shooting incident.  Two of the adults, a 31-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman, suffered gunshot wounds. “Our victims’ vehicle was parked facing northbound on Union Avenue with the offender’s vehicle directly behind it,” McDermott said, reported ABC 7. “When the light turned green, the offender’s vehicle immediately opened fire on the victims’ vehicle.” “The victims’ vehicle…

Boeing said Tuesday it has discovered a new manufacturing issue with its 787 Dreamliner, days after it reported two separate issues that forced the grounding of eight 787 airplanes.

The U.S. planemaker said during fabrication of the 787 horizontal stabilizer it learned some components were clamped with greater force than specified, which could result in improper gap verification and shimming.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Tuesday it “is investigating manufacturing flaws affecting certain Boeing 787 jetliners. The agency continues to engage with Boeing.”

Boeing said the stabilizer issue is not an immediate safety of flight issue and it is correcting it on airplanes not yet delivered.

Boeing shares fell 3.8 percent Tuesday.

On Monday, the FAA said it was also investigating two other manufacturing flaws in some Boeing 787 Dreamliners but said it was too early to say if it will require new inspections.

Boeing said in late August that airlines had removed eight 787 Dreamliners from service as a result of two distinct manufacturing issues in fuselage sections.

Boeing said Monday some airplanes have shims that are not the proper size, and some airplanes have areas that do not meet skin flatness specifications.

“Individually these issues, while not up to specifications, still meet limit load conditions. When combined in the same location however, they result in a condition that does not meet limit load requirements,” Boeing said.

Boeing said Tuesday it expects the inspections will affect the timing of 787 deliveries in the near-term.

Boeing also said Tuesday it secured its first 737 MAX order in 2020, while also recording more cancellations as customers continued to ditch orders for the grounded MAX jets.

Boeing said it lost another 17 orders for the 737 MAX jet in August, bringing the total number of canceled orders, including those where buyers converted the MAX to a different model, to 445 for this year.

Boeing delivered 13 aircraft in August, down from 18 planes a year earlier and up from four in July.

By Eric M. Johnson and David Shepardson

Focus News: Boeing Finds New 787 Dreamliner Production Problem

Trump Again Raises Prospect of ‘Decoupling’ US Economy From China

President Donald Trump on Labor Day again raised the prospect of decoupling the U.S. economy from Beijing, to bring back manufacturing jobs from China and key supply chains back to the United States. The president on Monday reiterated parts of his second term economic agenda to make the United States “more prosperous and resilient than ever before” by reducing its reliance on Beijing. “So when you mention the word decouple, it’s an interesting word,” Trump said in his Labor Day speech at the White House. “So we lose billions of dollars, and if we didn’t do business with them, we wouldn’t lose billions of dollars. It’s called ‘decoupling.’ So you’ll start thinking about it.” As the presidential election nears, Trump has pledged as part of his reelection bid to reduce…