A Boeing plane that was intended to be used by a Chinese airline landed back in the aerospace manufacturer’s U.S. production home on April 19, as tensions build between the United States and China over an ongoing tariff war.
Meant to be used by China’s Xiamen Airlines, the 737 Max jet landed at Seattle’s Boeing Field just after 6 p.m. local time, photos showed.
The plane, painted with Xiamen’s branding, was one of many 737 Max jets waiting at Boeing’s Zhoushan completion center for last-minute work and delivery to a Chinese carrier. It made refueling stops in Guam and Hawaii on its roughly 5,000-mile journey back to the United States….