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INVEST AVIATION STOCKS ARE A BARGAIN. ARE THEY WORTH THE TURBULENCE?

IN RECENT MONTHS, Boeing’s share price has fallen almost as fast as its aircraft parts have tumbled from the sky.

There have been a series of harrowing incidents this year involving defects on Boeing planes. Some cases were routine hiccups, but others involved alarming oversights—most infamously, the loose bolts that led a door-plug panel from an Alaska Airlines 737-9 Max to land in the yard of an Oregon schoolteacher on Jan. 5. This latest round in Boeing’s struggle with manufacturing debacles and quality-control problems led CEO David Calhoun to announce

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