Chicago, IL (WBAP/KLIF) – Boeing shareholders are meeting in Chicago as company faces new questions about safety of its 737 Max jet. The meeting comes on the six-month anniversary of the first of two deadly crashes involving the Max, which is now grounded by safety regulators around the world. Boeing CEO says the company is close to completing a software fix.
At the meeting Monday in Chicago, Chairman and CEO Dennis Muilenburg said again that Boeing is close to completing an upgrade to flight software on the jet “that will ensure accidents like these never happen again.”
Boeing shareholders are meeting six months to the day since the first of two deadly crashes involving the company’s 737 Max airliner and as new questions arise about the aerospace giant’s handling of the crisis.
Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg faces shareholders for first time since two fatal crashes that led to the 737 MAX’s grounding worldwide and triggered investigations, lawsuits and a sharp loss in share value https://t.co/sW7uL9ZMkj by @tracyruci pic.twitter.com/LiGKaXPzIA
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Southwest Airlines says it wasn’t told that a safety feature on the Max was turned off until after the first crash. American Airlines pilots say Boeing’s proposed pilot training for new automation on the Max isn’t good enough.
The grounding of the 737 Max has negatively impacted Dallas-based Southwest Airlines to the tune of tens of millions in the first quarter of this year. Fort Worth based American operates the troubled planes, but has not felt the same financial impact as Southwest.
And a published report says investigators are examining safety allegations made by about a dozen whistleblowers.
U.S. authorities are now investigating allegations of safety issues with Boeing’s 737 Max from about a dozen whistleblowers https://t.co/k7cs883TEV
— Bloomberg (@business) April 28, 2019
(Associated Press)
