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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBoeing CEO concedes 'mistake' with planes in 2 fatal crashes
Source: Associated Press
Boeing CEO concedes mistake with planes in 2 fatal crashes
June 16, 2019
PARIS (AP) The chief executive of Boeing said the company made a mistake in handling a problematic cockpit warning system in its 737 Max jets before two crashes of the top-selling plane killed 346 people, and he promised transparency as the U.S. aircraft maker tries to get the grounded model back in flight.
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg told reporters in Paris that Boeings communication with regulators, customers and the public was not consistent. And thats unacceptable.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has faulted Boeing for not telling regulators for more than year that a safety indicator in the Max cockpit didnt work.
Pilots are angry the company didnt tell them about the new software thats been implicated in the crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia.
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June 16, 2019
PARIS (AP) The chief executive of Boeing said the company made a mistake in handling a problematic cockpit warning system in its 737 Max jets before two crashes of the top-selling plane killed 346 people, and he promised transparency as the U.S. aircraft maker tries to get the grounded model back in flight.
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg told reporters in Paris that Boeings communication with regulators, customers and the public was not consistent. And thats unacceptable.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has faulted Boeing for not telling regulators for more than year that a safety indicator in the Max cockpit didnt work.
Pilots are angry the company didnt tell them about the new software thats been implicated in the crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/531ad32b38844a7685ab234e59337a97
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Boeing CEO concedes 'mistake' with planes in 2 fatal crashes (Original Post)
Eugene
Jun 2019
OP
The entire executive management should be fired and then be indicted on murder charges.
democratisphere
Jun 2019
#8
dalton99a
(81,486 posts)1. "We thought nobody would notice"
malaise
(268,997 posts)3. They will pay
big time
Iggo
(47,552 posts)2. Prison. (n/t)
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)4. May his life be
Filled with lawyers.
sop
(10,177 posts)5. This is what happens when industries are increasingly left to regulate themselves
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)7. Or all the regulators are layed off because our dictator knows best.
OrwellwasRight
(5,170 posts)6. Well that was big of him.
Too little too late.
Fucking greed strikes again.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)8. The entire executive management should be fired and then be indicted on murder charges.
sop
(10,177 posts)10. China routinely executes CEOs and white collar criminals for a whole lot less
Sgent
(5,857 posts)9. He needs to go now
Every new airplane introduced under his tenure (787, 737) has had major problems. Individually each one can be explained, but collectively something is fucked up at Boeing and he's the one responsible.
In addition the way the company has handled the Max has been horrible.