Airplane fuselage supplier Spirit Aerosystems lays off 2,800 in Wichita due to Boeing 737 MAX production cut

Thousands of workers have been issued layoff notices at Spirit Aerosystems’ Wichita, Kansas factory in preparation for Boeing’s decision to halt production of 737 MAX jets. The factory gets roughly 70 percent of its business from building fuselages for Boeing’s troubled 737 MAX.