Boeing scrambles to save big Canada fighter jet deal: Source

Boeing said the firm hoped there would be no impact on the proposed Super Hornet sale

Boeing Co on Friday rushed to fix a gamble that looks to have gone wrong, with the defense unit of the US plane maker seeking to fend off a Canadian threat to scrap the purchase of 18 Super Hornet jets, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.
 
That move follows Canada’s threat on Thursday that it could ditch its plans to buy the jets if the United States backed Boeing’s claims that Canadian plane maker Bombardier Inc dumped jetliners in the US market.
 
Political insiders say the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is furious about