Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun publicly acknowledged errors made by the US planemaker as over 170 jets remain grounded for the fourth day. Calhoun assured staff that the company would take comprehensive measures to prevent a repeatition of the mid-air Alaska Airlines panel blowout incident.
The somber town hall meeting at Boeing’s Renton, Washington 737 factory witnessed the company’s top official, Stan Deal, addressing the gravity of the recent incident. The acknowledgment of errors came after Boeing’s CEO, Dave Calhoun, expressed deep concern over the mishap involving a 737 MAX 9. This marked Boeing’s first public admission of faults since a door plug snapped off the fuselage, causing a significant breach.
