Spirit Aerosystems Scrambles To Address Tornado Damage
Spirit Aerosystems continues to assess damage caused by a tornado that blew through Wichita, Kanasa.
Tornado damage at Spirit Aerosystems' Wichita campus forced a halt to operations for at least two days. (Photo: Spirit Aerosystems)
Tornado damage at Spirit Aerosystems' Wichita campus forced a halt to operations for at least two days. (Photo: Spirit Aerosystems)

Spirit Aerosystems will remain closed for at least two days after a tornado tore through its sprawling campus in Wichita on Saturday night, causing severe structural damage to at least “three or four” of the site’s 45 buildings. Although a Spirit spokesman told AIN that local utility company Westar Energy has restored electricity to two substations and one of the major production buildings, the company cannot estimate when full power will return.