Boeing looking to hire hundreds of temporary workers

Posted: Aug 21, 2019 / 05:58 AM EDT / Updated: Aug 21, 2019 / 05:58 AM EDT

FILE- In this Feb. 5, 2018, file photo a Boeing 737 MAX 7, the newest version of Boeing’s fastest-selling airplane, is displayed during a debut for employees and media of the new jet in Renton, Wash. Boeing says it’s providing $100 million over several years to help families and communities affected by two crashes of its 737 Max plane that killed 346 people. The company said Wednesday, July 3, 2019, that some of the money will go toward living expenses and to cover hardship suffered by the families of dead passengers. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

(WTNH) — Boeing will hire hundreds of temporary workers to take care of its 737 max jets at Moses Lake in Washington state following the grounding of the same planes.

Moses Lake in Washington is where many of those jetliners have been stored since their grounding in March. The planes were grounded after two crashes overseas that killed more than 300 people.

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