Key Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems is laying off 450 workers

A key Boeing supplier that makes the fuselages for its popular 737 Max airplanes is laying off about 450 workers because production has slowed down ever since a panel flew off one of those airplanes operated by Alaska Airlines in midair in January.

Boeing's crash agreement with DOJ up in the air

Department of Justice officials recently met with some of the family members of the passengers who were killed in those crashes. The DOJ expects to make a decision on whether Boeing breached the agreement by the end of May and will let family members know if they are taking Boeing back to court.