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Shutdown hits factory floor

Published: 13 Oct 2013 - 10:51 pm | Last Updated: 29 Jan 2022 - 09:17 pm

A private aircraft flies past a parked Boeing 747 Dreamlifter, used to transport assemblies of Boeing 787 Dreamliners, as it lands at Paine Field Airport in Everett, Washington. The US government shutdown is beginning to hit the factory floor as concerns grow about the economic consequences of a prolonged stalemate in Congress.