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Boeing offers 757-200 freighter conversion option

Boeing offers 757-200 freighter conversion option

   Boeing Corp. said it will begin offering airlines a program to convert older 757 passenger planes to a cargo configuration.

   Boeing will license its engineering data to Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd. and Israel Aircraft Industries, who will do the actual work of stripping out passenger equipment and retrofitting the plane with special doors and other modifications to handle cargo.