Dave Calhoun meets senators in Washington as anger mounts over cabin-panel blowout and subsequent groundings of 737 Max 9 jets
The chief executive of Boeing insisted on Wednesday that the planemaker only allows jets to fly when “100%” confident of their safety, as it faces intense scrutiny – and anger – following a cabin panel blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight.
Boeing fully understands “the gravity of the situation”, Dave Calhoun said in Washington, as he prepared to meet a string of US senators.
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