ARLINGTON COUNTY, Va. - Boeing President and CEO Dave Calhoun during the annual meeting of shareholders on May 17 discussed near-term and long-term actions the company is taking to strengthen safety, quality and company culture, Rebecca Kanable reports for AviationPros.
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21 May 2024 - After 346 people died in two fatal crashes involving a 737 MAX, specifically Lion Air Flight 610 on Oct. 29, 2018 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 March 10, 2019, Calhoun said, “We made very intentional changes to reshape our company and our focus on safety.”
“At the beginning of 2020, we had 450 grounded, 737 MAXs in inventory and 385 customer airplanes grounded and waiting to return to service.
“Facing these challenges, priority one for Boeing was to work with the FAA and global regulators to certify the modified 737 MAX design and safely return the airplane to service. Our next priority was ensuring all the lessons learned from the original accidents were meaningfully addressed by modifying our development processes, our assumptions and our design practices.”
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