Boeing buys Vought plant

The Boeing Co. has purchased a Vought Aircraft Industries Inc. plant and operations for $580 million. The Vought facility constructs fuselage sections for 787s in North Charleston, S.C., and could provide a location for Boeing to open a second 787 production line. Though no solid plans to build another line have been announced by Boeing, the possibility of manufacturing in South Carolina and not Everett, where much of the assembly of the 787 currently takes place, has long been the subject of speculation.