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Julie Johnsson

@juliejohnsson.bsky.social
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Aerospace reporter for The Air Current, plane nerd, cat fan. Opinions are my own.

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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 29/09/2026
NASA invests in Boeing, woos new entrants to replace SpaceX’s Dragon theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc... (via @juliejohnsson.bsky.social) #staycurrent
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NASA invests in Boeing, woos new entrants to replace SpaceX’s Dragon
Isaacman to commercial space entrants: “Here’s your demand signal”
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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 27/09/2026
Boeing faces potential 737 Max 10 certification delay as FAA reviews software issue theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc... (via @juliejohnsson.bsky.social & @jonostrower.com) #staycurrent
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Boeing faces potential 737 Max 10 delay as FAA reviews software issue
Certification timing hinges on federal safety review of flight management software
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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 24/09/2026
New A321neo quality defect adds pressure to Airbus delivery schedule theaircurrent.com/aircraft-pro... (@jonostrower.com) #staycurrent
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New A321neo quality defect adds pressure to Airbus delivery schedule
Roughly 500 aircraft in-service and at various stages of manufacture are affected
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Elan Head @elanhead.com · 17/09/2026
Why do some helicopter pilots fail to execute a survivable autorotation after an engine failure? I explored that question in 2013, concluding that many of us underestimate the skill/luck required to make a successful forced landing—or overestimate our own abilities. verticalmag.com/news/failure...
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Failure to Enter
A botched autorotation killed four people in an air medical crash in 2011. What lessons does it hold for the rest of the helicopter industry?
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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 17/09/2026
Boeing tightens its belt as crucial SPEEA contract vote looms theaircurrent.com/aircraft-dev... (via @juliejohnsson.bsky.social) #staycurrent
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Boeing tightens its belt as crucial SPEEA contract vote looms
Hiring, travel restrictions are in place as unionized engineers mull interplay of trust and pay
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Julie Johnsson @juliejohnsson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Boeing is offering a 34% pay bump over four years to SPEEA, its white collar union, with much of that $ coming upfront, @theaircurrent was the first to report. Whether this averts a strike may come down to the fine print on ratification bonuses and overtime. theaircurrent.com/intel/boeing...
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Boeing offers 34% pay bump to SPEEA members in latest four-year contract offer - The Air Current
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Julie Johnsson @juliejohnsson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Great read from @elanhead.com !
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🎶🎶 Gas is still high 🎶🎶
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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 09/09/2026
SCOOP: Boeing’s former Wichita chief to play a critical role in developing its next new airplane theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc... (via @jonostrower.com & @juliejohnsson.bsky.social) #staycurrent
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Boeing’s former Wichita chief to play a critical role in developing its next new airplane
Sean Black to lead the commercial unit’s Future Production System
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Amazon Prime Air Boeing 767-300(F) has reportedly overshot the runway at Miami International Airport.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 28/08/2026
Looks like we’re using Gitmo to imprison immigrants again. This is an ICE charter airline owned by ICE’s flight broker using the callsign they use for all their ICE flights.
An FR24 map showing N411ZW going from Miami to Gitmo.
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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 25/08/2026
With range shortfall, United‘s initial A321XLR deployment will be ‘very conservative’ theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc... (via @jonostrower.com) #staycurrent
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With range shortfall, United’s initial A321XLR deployment will be ‘very conservative’
United Airlines limited itself to destinations in far Western Europe for its first deployment of the A321XLR, taking a more cautious view of the jet’s range than Airbus’s marketers.
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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 22/08/2026
Boeing plays hardball after SPEEA members spurn contract offer theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc... (via @juliejohnsson.bsky.social) #staycurrent
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Boeing plays hardball after SPEEA members spurn contract offer
Company withdraws 2026 pay increases it had promised for early approval of deal
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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 21/08/2026
Unionized Boeing engineers and tech workers overwhelmingly reject first company offer, authorize strike theaircurrent.com/intel/unioni... (via TAC/Intel)
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Unionized Boeing engineers and tech workers overwhelmingly reject first company offer, authorize strike - The Air Current
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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 21/08/2026
Boeing’s Starliner odyssey takes an unexpected turn theaircurrent.com/space/boeing... (via @juliejohnsson.bsky.social) #staycurrent
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Boeing’s Starliner odyssey takes an unexpected turn
Star-crossed CST-100 capsule is poised to play key role for NASA into 2030s as uncertainty shrouds SpaceX’s plans
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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 14/08/2026
U.S. Navy quietly arming its uncrewed aerial tanker theaircurrent.com/defense/us-n... (via @cjohnston.bsky.social) #staycurrent
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U.S. Navy quietly arming its uncrewed aerial tanker
Cruise missiles spotted on Boeing MQ-25 Stingray confirm long-held suspicions about an expanded mission set
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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 13/08/2026
Bird strike suspected in Ryanair engine blade-out accident theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc... (via @juliejohnsson.bsky.social) #staycurrent
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Bird strike suspected in Ryanair engine blade-out accident
Damaged engine reportedly suffered four bird strikes in the preceding 12 months
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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 10/08/2026
Archer to acquire rival Wisk as Boeing broadens its asset sales theaircurrent.com/industry-str... (via @elanhead.com & @juliejohnsson.bsky.social) #staycurrent
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Archer to acquire rival Wisk as Boeing broadens its asset sales
Plane maker will be able to tap Wisk’s core technology for future aircraft under licensing agreement
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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 07/08/2026
New policy moves FAA further from EASA on eVTOL certification theaircurrent.com/regulation/f... (via @elanhead.com) #staycurrent
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New policy moves FAA further from EASA on eVTOL certification
With powered-lift safety continuum, FAA mirrors its existing approaches for airplanes and helicopters
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Edward Russell @byerussell.com · 04/08/2026
"The post-COVID era of uncertainty for [Boeing] is over." via @juliejohnsson.bsky.social @jonostrower.com
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Boeing poised to finally unlock 737’s potential as FAA certifies Max 7
Fifteen-year development saga comes to a close for smallest Max jet
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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 04/08/2026
On Friday, the FAA and Boeing held the type certificate board meeting to finalize the regulator’s approval of the 737 Max 7. This morning it became official. A milestone 15 years in the making.
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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 04/08/2026
Boeing poised to finally unlock 737’s potential as FAA certifies Max 7 theaircurrent.com/aircraft-dev... (via @juliejohnsson.bsky.social & @jonostrower.com) #staycurrent
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Boeing poised to finally unlock 737’s potential as FAA certifies Max 7
Fifteen-year development saga comes to a close for smallest Max jet
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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 31/07/2026
Boeing makes early contract offer to SPEEA, aiming to avoid October strike theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc... (via @juliejohnsson.bsky.social) #staycurrent
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Boeing makes early contract offer to SPEEA, aiming to avoid October strike
The white-collar union will vote on the proposal after councils’ review.
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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Lightning-Palooza. Without a doubt, the craziest lightning image I've ever captured. This is one image, not those ridiculous composite images you see too often. Captured on this day in Chicago three years ago.
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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 27/07/2026
Boeing, GE among industry coalition pushing for speed-up of U.S. aircraft certification theaircurrent.com/regulation/b... (via @willguisbond.com & @juliejohnsson.bsky.social) #staycurrent
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Boeing, GE among industry coalition pushing for speed-up of U.S. aircraft certification
Industry looks to work with FAA to improve approval process without compromising safety
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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 24/07/2026
Airbus CEO begrudgingly thinks the dollar is still the best way to sell airplanes theaircurrent.com/analysis/air... (via @jonostrower.com & @bgarrettglaser.bsky.social) #staycurrent
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Airbus CEO begrudgingly thinks the dollar is still the best way to sell airplanes
Amid broader efforts to strengthen the euro, commercial aviation — like oil — remains firmly tethered to the dollar
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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 20/07/2026
The engineering behind Anduril and Archer’s Thunder drone theaircurrent.com/defense/the-... (via @elanhead.com) #staycurrent
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The engineering behind Anduril and Archer’s Thunder drone
The two companies explain the technology behind their loyal wingman drone for rotorcraft
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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 18/07/2026
CFM in London today detailed to media aspects of the novel variable bypass ratio features of its upcoming Open Fan engine design that GE leadership shared with TAC and investors last October. theaircurrent.com/engine-devel...
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GE pushes back on Open Fan skepticism
The engine-maker is “all-in” on Open Fan despite technological and business strategy concerns from Boeing and, to a lesser extent, Airbus.
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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Orange You Glad Its Friday. Wildfires from Canada is the big topic in Chicago. View from Thursday of the "smoke show".
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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 14/07/2026
Boeing history echoes through $10 billion 737 Max production overhaul theaircurrent.com/aircraft-pro... (via @juliejohnsson.bsky.social & @jonostrower.com) #staycurrent
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Boeing history echoes through $10 billion 737 Max production overhaul
Upheavals and false-starts underpin carbon-copy 737 assembly line in former home of carbon fiber 787
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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 14/07/2026
A trip through Boeing history (the company turns 110 tomorrow) as uheavals and false-starts underpin carbon-copy 737 assembly line in former home of carbon fiber 787. A deep dive from @juliejohnsson.bsky.social and myself for @theaircurrent.com.
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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 14/07/2026
Been curious about @theaircurrent.com’s app but you’re not a subscriber, you say? Quite alright! Airflow, our stream of headlines, is free for all to enjoy. Perfect for following the Farnborough Airshow. Dive in! iPhone: apps.apple.com/us/app/the-a... Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
How would anyone at Fox News ever know what libraries are like? (And could they be a bit more specific as to which ones?)
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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 10/07/2026
Apparent engine fan blade failure preceded rupture of Ryanair 737 window theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc... (via @jonostrower.com @juliejohnsson.bsky.social @willguisbond.com) #staycurrent
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Apparent engine fan blade failure preceded rupture of Ryanair 737 window
Blade failure follows similar accidents in 2016, 2018
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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 05/07/2026
A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.
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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 02/07/2026
Opinions split at FAA over prospect of early commercial eVTOL ops theaircurrent.com/regulation/f... (via @elanhead.com) #staycurrent
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Opinions split at FAA over prospect of early commercial eVTOL ops
Mixed messages from FAA officials signal lack of agreement on revenue operations under eVTOL Integration Pilot Program
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/07/2026
NEW: This is too much. The DOJ accidentally emailed copies of Volume II of Jack Smith's final report to the lawyers representing a woman they charged with obstruction of justice for emailing Volume II of Jack Smith's final report. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/doj-accide...
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DOJ Accidentally Sent Volume II of Jack Smith's Report to Outside Counsel
The kicker? The Outside Counsel they accidentally sent the report to is representing a woman they charged with a crime for taking Volume II out of the DOJ
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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 02/07/2026
Boeing, engineers union to try novel bargaining strategy in test of labor peace theaircurrent.com/industry-str... (via @juliejohnsson.bsky.social) #staycurrent
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Boeing, engineers union to try novel bargaining strategy in test of labor peace
Boeing, SPEEA to try a novel bargaining approach for the first time in a quarter century as they begin formal contract talks on July 1
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Julie Johnsson @juliejohnsson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
@jonostrower.com and I teamed up for a major #scoop : Boeing's commercial and defense factories have been disrupted from Washington to Florida by a massive computer outage that started Monday afternoon.
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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 30/06/2026
Breaking now on TAC/Intel: Boeing commercial jet deliveries and production disrupted by widespread IT outage theaircurrent.com/intel/boeing... (via @jonostrower.com & @juliejohnsson.bsky.social)
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Boeing commercial jet deliveries and production disrupted by widespread IT outage - The Air Current
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Julie Johnsson @juliejohnsson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
We're doing "research"
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 24/06/2026
The White House is building a quarantine facility for Ebola patients in Kenya — a country that has never recorded a case of the disease. Locals are furious.
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How Trump’s Ebola Isolation Plans Are Shaking Kenya’s Government
Kenyans say their country, which has never recorded a case of the disease, is no place for a quarantine facility.
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Will Guisbond @willguisbond.com · 23/06/2026
New: Coast Guard pilots said they believe risk of a helicopter-on-helicopter collision near DCA airport is *higher* after the FAA changed the airspace in the wake of a 2025 midair crash. Deep dive on @theaircurrent.com: theaircurrent.com/aviation-saf...
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Helicopter collision risk higher after D.C. airspace changes, Coast Guard leaders say
Pilots suggest FAA failed to weigh risk of a helicopter-on-helicopter collision when changing D.C. airspace after 2025 midair
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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 18/06/2026
Alaska 737s leading candidate to replace Hawaiian 717s on interisland operations theaircurrent.com/airlines/ala... (via @jonostrower.com) #staycurrent
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Alaska 737s leading candidate to replace Hawaiian 717s on interisland operations
Rebranded 737-800s on tap for archipelago hopping, says new Alaska president
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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 15/06/2026
Next union showdown looms in Boeing’s new era of never-ending labor talks theaircurrent.com/aircraft-pro... (via @juliejohnsson.bsky.social) #staycurrent
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Next union showdown looms in Boeing’s new era of never-ending labor talks
Wave of red shirts signals engineers’ solidarity with pay, AI and remote work at stake in upcoming negotiations
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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 04/06/2026
Boeing explores hiking 737 production close to rival Airbus’s stratospheric target theaircurrent.com/aircraft-pro... (via @juliejohnsson.bsky.social) #staycurrent
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Boeing explores hiking 737 production close to rival Airbus’s stratospheric target
Boeing is exploring hiking 737 production to a 70-jet monthly pace, close to rival Airbus’s stratospheric target
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Julie Johnsson @juliejohnsson.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
MY SCOOP: Boeing is exploring possibly hiking 737 production to rate 70. Studies are early stage. It will have the capacity with the North line, but can suppliers keep pace?
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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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AI Savings Misses ‘Should Be Making Executives Uncomfortable,’ Bain Says
Cost savings from automation are broadly falling short of projections, according to a new Bain & Co. global survey of large companies.
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Edward Russell @byerussell.com · 29/05/2026
"There is no capacity at other Northeast airports to handle Newark’s international flights due to airports already being slot controlled." Airlines shared some data on the implications of pulling CBP officers out of sanctuary city airports, including Newark.
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OSINTdefender (MIRROR) @sentdefenderx.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Insane footage filmed from a nearby restaurant shows tonight’s explosion of Blue Origin’s New Glenn at Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 (LC-36). Original post
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