Chicago-based Boeing said Monday it is close to fixing the software problem that likely contributed to two deadly crashes involving the 737 MAX aircraft.
CHICAGO — Chicago-based Boeing said Monday it is close to fixing the software problem that likely contributed to two deadly crashes involving the 737 MAX aircraft. Monday marks six months since the Lion Air Flight 610 crash and nearly two months since Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed. The 737 MAX jets involved in those two crashes remain grounded. For the first time since the crashes, CEO Dennis Muilenburg took questions from reporters and shareholders since the planes crashed. He says the planes are safe, even flying in them recently.»Safety has been and always will be our top priority and every one of our airplanes includes all of the safety features necessary for safe flight,» Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg said. A small group of people who lost loved ones after the Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX 8 crash gathered outside the meeting. They said they want one thing to come out of this meeting: the truth.»The answers lie inside Boeing. They know the truth and they really need to come clean and drop the pretense and admit their fault. And so far, they’ve denied that,» said Tarek Milleron, who lost his niece in the crash. There were two plane crashes involving the new MAX planes: Lion Air Flight 610, killing all 189 people on board, and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, killing all 157 people on board.
