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Boeing is buying Spirit AeroSystems as US pushes company to plead guilty to fraud over fatal crashes
![Elaine Thompson FILE - A Boeing 737 Max jet prepares to land at Boeing Field following a test flight in Seattle, Sept. 30, 2020. Boeing announced plans late Sunday, June 30, 2024, to acquire Spirit AeroSystems for $4.7 billion in an all-stock transaction for the manufacturing firm. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5fc8fd73cfef43aa91f02e30533c35c8/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - A Boeing 737 Max jet prepares to land at Boeing Field following a test flight in Seattle, Sept. 30, 2020. Boeing announced plans late Sunday, June 30, 2024, to acquire Spirit AeroSystems for $4.7 billion in an all-stock transaction for the manufacturing firm. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
![Reed Saxon FILE - The Boeing logo is pictured Jan. 25, 2011, on the property in El Segundo, Calif. Boeing announced plans late Sunday, June 30, 2024, to acquire Spirit AeroSystems for $4.7 billion in an all-stock transaction for the manufacturing firm. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/04e17e5a49644686bf3018dfcab60fd1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - The Boeing logo is pictured Jan. 25, 2011, on the property in El Segundo, Calif. Boeing announced plans late Sunday, June 30, 2024, to acquire Spirit AeroSystems for $4.7 billion in an all-stock transaction for the manufacturing firm. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
![Mike Hutmacher FILE - The Spirit AeroSystems sign is pictured, July 25, 2013, in Wichita, Kan. Boeing announced plans late Sunday, June 30, 2024, to acquire Spirit AeroSystems for $4.7 billion in an all-stock transaction for the manufacturing firm. (Mike Hutmacher/The Wichita Eagle via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/2eac2d6b8b324d108908a49a88d5ff24/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - The Spirit AeroSystems sign is pictured, July 25, 2013, in Wichita, Kan. Boeing announced plans late Sunday, June 30, 2024, to acquire Spirit AeroSystems for $4.7 billion in an all-stock transaction for the manufacturing firm. (Mike Hutmacher/The Wichita Eagle via AP, File)