Boeing Supplier Spirit Aerosystems Says It Will Lay Off 2,800 Employees

An aerial photo shows Boeing 737 MAX aircraft at Boeing facilities at the Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington on Sept. 16, 2019. Lindsey Wasson/Reuters, File Photo

Boeing’s largest supplier announced it will lay off a significant number of its employees due to the suspension of the Boeing 737 MAX production following several high-profile accidents.

Spirit AeroSystems, which makes fuselages for the MAX and other Boeing products, said on Friday that it would furlough about 2,800 workers at its Wichita, Kansas, facility.