Boeing faces a new FAA review as a key supplier plans temporary furloughs due to labor strike

AP Airlines Writer

Boeing’s biggest supplier of airplane parts says it will temporarily furlough 700 workers because of a slowdown in work due to the labor strike at Boeing. Spirit AeroSystems said Friday the furloughs would last three weeks. The company makes fuselages for Boeing, where production has been crimped by a strike now in its second month. Meanwhile, the Federal Aviation Administration is opening a new review of safety at Boeing. The FAA says the three-month review will focus on Boeing’s compliance with safety regulations and other matters. It’s the latest step in FAA’s increased oversight since a door plug blew off a Boeing jet in January.