‘Will never hesitate to fly in a 737 MAX’, says Warren Buffett

Billionaire Warren Buffett, one of the world’s most influential businessmen, said Saturday that he would not hesitate to fly in a Boeing 737 Max airplane, despite the grounding of the planes after two fatal crashes.

“I will never hesitate even for a second to fly on a 737 MAX,” he said in response to a question from AFP on the sidelines of the annual shareholder meeting of his Berkshire Hathaway empire in Omaha.

While Buffett, the world’s third-richest man, owns stakes in several of the most prestigious American companies — from Coca-Cola to JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs to Apple and, recently, Amazon — he holds no shares in Boeing, though he has invested in airlines.