2024届高三英语培优外刊阅读学案 航空话题

高三英语培优外刊阅读 班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________ 外刊精选｜旧疾未愈又添新伤，波音乱象何时休？ 2024一开年，美国波音公司制造的飞机事故频发：阿拉斯加航空的一架波音737 MAX 9型客机发生高空舱门脱落，一架波音货运飞机在起飞后不久机身着火，甚至美国国务卿布林肯所乘坐的专机也发生了氧气泄露事故，一行人被迫下机。当地时间1月23日，阿拉斯加航空CEO在接受采访时表示，在“多架”波音737 MAX 9上发现松动螺栓。2019年波音就曾被爆出生产和监管问题，如今可谓是旧疾未愈再添新伤，再次深陷信任危机。波音飞机如此频繁地发生事故，究竟是什么原因？波音公司如何表态？ 'This Has Been Going on for Years.' Inside Boeing's Manufacturing Mess. By Sharon Terlep and Andrew Tangel Long before the harrowing Alaska Airlines blowout on Jan. 5, there were concerns within Boeing about the way the aerospace giant was building its planes. Boeing, like so many other American manufacturers, was outsourcing more and more of the components that went into its complex machines. Dozens of factories build key pieces of 737 and 787 jets before they are assembled by Boeing. One of them is a sprawling fuselage plant in Wichita, Kan., that Boeing owned until 2005. The factory is now run by a public company called Spirit AeroSystems and it has been plagued by production problems and quality lapses since Boeing ceded so much responsibility for its work. Some Spirit employees said production problems were common and internal complaints about quality were ignored. In a given month, at a production rate of two fuselages a day, there are 10 million holes that need to be filled with some combination of bolts, fasteners and rivets. "We have planes all over the world that have issues that nobody has found because of the pressure Spirit has put on employees to get the job done so fast," said Cornell Beard, president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers chapter representing workers at Spirit's Wichita factory. Boeing Chief Executive David Calhoun told staff that they were fortunate that the Alaska pilots were able to save the passengers and the company needed to take responsibility for "our mistake." He made clear that whether the problem originated with work done by Spirit or Boeing, Boeing ultimately is responsible for