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Levi Pulkkinen

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Assistant managing editor for local news @SeattleTimes. Past bylines in @Washingtonpost/@USAToday/@guardian/@csmonitor/@newshour. Ex-@SeattlePI pirate. 🏔️🌊

 Seattle, WA, USA
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Boeing's white-collar union shows early support for new contract offer. Voting starts today and closes Oct. 1 seattletimes.com/business/bo…
Boeing's white-collar union workers vote on new contract. Here's what we know

Boeing's white-collar union workers vote on new contract. Here's what we know

As Boeing’s 17,000-member white-collar union prepares to vote on the company’s latest contract offer, the deal on the table appears to have more momentum.

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Startup JetZero has a new kind of plane and bigger-than-Boeing dreams seattletimes.com/business/bo…
Inside the startup planemaker aiming to eclipse Boeing's huge WA plant

Inside the startup planemaker aiming to eclipse Boeing's huge WA plant

A startup is building a new type of passenger plane to rival Boeing and Airbus' tube-and-wing models. The blended wing body aircraft could take flight next year.

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FAA approves Boeing's next MAX production increase, CEO Ortberg says seattletimes.com/business/bo…
‘We’re off and rolling now,’ Boeing CEO touts MAX production increase

‘We’re off and rolling now,’ Boeing CEO touts MAX production increase

Boeing has hit another regulatory milestone in its effort to increase MAX production, paving the way to build 47 planes per month this summer.

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Boeing and FAA miscalculated safety risk in MD-11 fleet, NTSB says seattletimes.com/business/bo…
Boeing and FAA miscalculated safety risk in MD-11 fleet, NTSB says

Boeing and FAA miscalculated safety risk in MD-11 fleet, NTSB says

The first day of the NTSB's hearing into the UPS MD-11 hearing showed gaps in the processes Boeing and the FAA used to respond to prior reports of MD-11 parts failure.

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Jeff Bezos’ rocket company put a satellite in the wrong spot. But the industry’s not worried, and even found reason to celebrate the launch. More on what space analysts said the satellite failure means for Blue Origin’s future: seattletimes.com/business/bo…
‘Space is hard’: Blue Origin’s satellite miss and the race to catch SpaceX

‘Space is hard’: Blue Origin’s satellite miss and the race to catch SpaceX

Jeff Bezos' rocket company put a satellite in the wrong spot, leaving Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket grounded. But the industry isn't worried.

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FAA approves Boeing's fix to return the MD-11 to service seattletimes.com/business/bo…
FAA approves Boeing’s fix to return the MD-11 to service

FAA approves Boeing’s fix to return the MD-11 to service

The Federal Aviation Administration has approved Boeing’s proposed solution for its MD-11, which has been grounded since a deadly UPS crash in November.

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The FAA should do more to address safety risks from an engine feature on Boeing’s 737 MAX that has twice filled planes with smoke, a government watchdog said last week seattletimes.com/business/bo…
Government watchdog urges FAA to address Boeing MAX engine issue

Government watchdog urges FAA to address Boeing MAX engine issue

The FAA should do more to address safety risks from an engine feature on Boeing’s 737 MAX that has twice filled planes with smoke, a government watchdog said.

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Boeing will move engineering work for the 787 Dreamliner from the Puget Sound region to South Carolina seattletimes.com/business/bo…

More Boeing work leaving for South Carolina

Boeing will move 787 engineering work out of the Puget Sound region, five years after it shifted all final assembly for the 787 to North Charleston. 

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An update to yesterday’s news that Air India grounded a Boeing 787 over concern with one of the engine fuel control switches. After inspection, India’s aviation regulator said switches are “satisfactory.” seattletimes.com/business/bo…
India’s regulator says grounded Boeing 787’s switch ‘satisfactory’

India’s regulator says grounded Boeing 787’s switch ‘satisfactory’

India’s aviation regulator found no problems with an Air India Boeing 787 plane grounded Monday following a concern with the same fuel control switches tied to a deadly June crash.

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Boeing's much-delayed new 737 line in Everett shows signs of life seattletimes.com/business/bo…
Boeing starts hiring for much-delayed new line in Everett

Boeing starts hiring for much-delayed new line in Everett

Boeing has begun hiring for the long-discussed North Line in its Everett factory, a fourth 737 production line that will be devoted to the larger MAX 10 variant. 

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Boeing warned 15 years ago about part problem at center of UPS crash seattletimes.com/business/bo…
Boeing warned about a troubled part for years. It may have contributed to a deadly crash

Boeing warned about a troubled part for years. It may have contributed to a deadly crash

Boeing sent a letter to MD-11 operators that said a part securing the cargo plane’s engines to its wings had failed four times, and insisted it did not pose a safety risk.

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WA Dems split on defense bill provision that reverses changes in response to fatal DC collision earlier this year, raising alarms from aviation safety experts seattletimes.com/business/bo…
After DC collision, House strips new constraints on military flights

After DC collision, House strips new constraints on military flights

Lawmakers and the National Transportation Safety Board warned Congress's annual defense bill threatens what they view as critical changes made following a fatal collision near Washington, D.C. in...

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Three cities are challenging expansion plans for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, including a second terminal. The expansion taps into enduring concerns about noise and pollution for nearby communities. seattletimes.com/business/lo…
Storm grows over Sea-Tac Airport expansion plans

Storm grows over Sea-Tac Airport expansion plans

Plans to expand Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, including a new terminal, are tapping into enduring concerns that increased traffic at Sea-Tac hurts nearby neighborhoods.

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How Alaska Airlines responds to wild weather, IT troubles and government shutdowns seattletimes.com/business/al…
Inside the SeaTac room where Alaska Airlines handles travel chaos

Inside the SeaTac room where Alaska Airlines handles travel chaos

In a SeaTac office building, a group of Alaska employees are constantly monitoring the fleet and any disruptions. Here's a look inside the decision to cancel a flight.

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Rep. Larsen demands data on decision to cut flights at Sea-Tac, elsewhere seattletimes.com/business/bo…
WA congressman wants answers on FAA flight cuts

WA congressman wants answers on FAA flight cuts

Lawmakers are bristling at unprecedented action from federal officials to reduce flights amid the government shutdown. They have issued a call for more data.

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Boeing broke ground today on a $1 billion expansion of its South Carolina campus, where it will increase production of the 787 Dreamliner Boeing moved 787 production from Everett, Wa in 2021
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Airports are starting to feel the strain of the government shutdown … but Sea-Tac is still on track. “Obviously, if the shutdown continues, it raises the prospect of problems,” COO Arif Ghouse said. seattletimes.com/business/bo…
As travel delays mount, how is Sea-Tac coping with the federal shutdown?

As travel delays mount, how is Sea-Tac coping with the federal shutdown?

As airports around the country begin to feel the strain of the four-week government shutdown, here’s how it’s affected Sea-Tac.

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Mechanic Sam Smith was eager to be part of Boeing & Spirit’s turnaround effort last year but he was quickly disappointed by the factory he saw. seattletimes.com/business/bo…
His job to find defects at a key Boeing supplier took a toll on him

His job to find defects at a key Boeing supplier took a toll on him

Sam Smith was paid to find problems. He says that work at Spirit AeroSystems' 737 fuselage factory nearly destroyed him.

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Congrats @LRosenblatt_ @dominicgates @pgcornwell & @pmalonedc! See their great @seattletimes work here: seattletimes.com/tag/alaska-… And thanks @LoebAwards #loebawards
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.@uclaanderson presents the 2025 Loeb Award for the beat reporting category to… our second tie of the evening! “The Murdoch Family Battle” From: The New York Times and “Blowout/Fallout” From: The Seattle Times #loebawards
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UW tried to harness the commercial real estate market to fund a major campus expansion. But that strategy brought new risks, including litigation by a rival developer that delayed construction so long the market lost interest. seattletimes.com/business/li…
Bold UW building project goes dark

Bold UW building project goes dark

UW hoped a new research center would help transform its West Campus into an "innovation district" that could turn UW science into spinoffs. Then came a lawsuit

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