“We’re going to approach it with 100 percent and complete transparency every step of the way,” Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun said Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun has acknowledged that the recent 737 Max 9 plane tragedy was their “mistake” and stressed that an accident like this “can never happen again.”
“We’re going to approach this number one acknowledging our mistake,” Calhoun told employees at a safety meeting after the incident, according to Reuters. “We’re going to approach it with 100 percent and complete transparency every step of the way.”
Calhoun also said that he was “shaken to the bone” by the accident. His comments were Boeing’s first public acknowledgment of the incident.
White House on Boeing 737 MAX grounding
“Boeing 737 MAX 9 to remain grounded until operators complete inspections as safety of Americans is priority,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.
The company’s top planemaking official, Stan Deal, also broke his silence, saying at a town hall meeting at its Renton, Washington 737 factory that Boeing acknowledges “the real seriousness of the accident.” Inspections were launched after the incident.
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