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Boeing donates another $1M to downtown museum. Page 4
Report pinpoints pandemic lessons
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Slowing solar
Report: industry growth in SC lagging behind region. Page 8
Paying the piper
Man sentenced for fraud in Daufuskie Island case. Page 6
All aboard
Nonstop flights to West Coast arriving in November. Page 9
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Boeing delivered the first 787 since 2021 when a plane arrived at American Airlines on Aug. 10. (Photo/Provided)
Boeing makes first 787 delivery since 2021 By Ross Norton
rnorton@scbiznews.com
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o one had to bump a horn to urge Boeing through the green
light. Just two days after the FAA issued a statement saying deliveries of the North Charleston 787s could resume “in the coming days,” and a day after Boeing remained mum on a specific schedule, American Airlines
has received a 787-8, according to a company statement and a message to employees from Stan Deal, president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. “We have resumed 787 deliveries, following our thorough engineering analysis, verification and rework activities to ensure all airplanes conform to Boeing’s exacting specifications and regulatory requirements,” the company statement said. “We remain
committed to maintaining transparent discussions with our regulators, customers and suppliers to ensure we continue to deliver airplanes that meet all regulatory requirements and Boeing’s highest quality standards.” Acting FAA Administrator Billy Nolen met with FAA safety inspectors in South Carolina on Aug. 4 to hear whether they were satisfied
Joining forces
Cancer centers at MUSC, Lexington Medical Center form partnership. Page 9
See BOEING, Page 6
hen the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, it plunged every segment of society into deep, uncharted waters. From hospitals and schools to factories, restaurants, grocery stores, offices and private homes, everyone was faced with completely revamping the way they lived daily life in just a matter of days. State and local government leaders, health care providers, educators and business owners made life-altering decisions for thousands of people without any prior experience with a pandemic. For the past 18 months, a panel of experts from the Carolinas has been studying those responses and their results and trying to come up with ways to make the area’s response to the next pandemic more effective. The South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health partnered with the North Carolina Institute of Medicine to launch the Carolinas Pandemic Preparedness Taskforce in early 2021. More than 80 experts on the taskforce examined pandemic preparedness, response and recovery in both Carolinas. IMPH is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working to inform policy to improve health and health care in South Carolina. The initiative received funding and support from the Duke Endowment, the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, the BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation and the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. In mid-August, the task force released a detailed report, Lessons Learned from COVID-19, which offers comprehensive See COVID LESSONS, Page 14