Boeing CEO apologizes to relatives of 737 Max crash victims while defending company's safety record

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U.S. lawmakers grilled Boeing's chief executive Tuesday about the company's plans to fix its manufacturing problems and its willingness to heed whistleblowers' warnings, while relatives of people who died in two crashes of the aircraft maker's 737 Max jetliners were in the room to remind him of what was at stake.

Senators asked Calhoun if Boeing retaliated against employees who reported concerns and if he had ever spoken directly with any whistleblowers. He replied that he hadn’t but said he would., who has said he plans to retire at the end of the year, earned $32.8 million in compensation last year.

“Once Boeing received such a notice, it ordered the majority of the parts that were being stored outside to be moved to another location,” Mohawk said, according to the report. “Approximately 80% of the parts were moved to avoid the watchful eyes of the FAA inspectors.” The FAA briefly grounded some Max planes again after January’s mid-air blowout of a plug covering an emergency exit on the Alaska Airlines plane. The agency and the National Transportation Safety Board opened separate investigations of Boeing that are continuing.

 

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