Seeing the growing uproar after Alaska Airlines’ emergency door flew off in the air last week, the CEO of Boeing has accepted the company’s mistake. The Alaska Airlines aircraft in which this incident took place was a Boeing 737 MAX-9 aircraft.
According to a report published in Bloomberg, Boeing’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dave Calhoun said that his company should accept its shortcomings because it is a safety issue, due to which fresh questions were raised on the quality of its planes. Are.
We have to accept our mistake: Boeing CEO
On Tuesday, Calhoun gathered the company’s employees at the 737 factory near Seattle and told them that we have to talk about this, the first thing is that we have to accept our mistake. Calling strengthening security as his top priority, Calhoun said that now we will work on it with 100% and complete transparency at every step.
Looking at the pictures of this incident, CEO Calhoun said, ‘My children are there, my grandchildren are there and you are there too’, this matters a lot, every detail matters. CEO Calhoun previously told employees that the focus of this open-ended meeting will be on our response to this accident and reinforcing our focus and our commitment to safety, quality and transparency.
What happened?
Last week, on January 5, the door of Alaska Airlines’ Boeing 737-9 Max aircraft suddenly broke and flew away while the aircraft was in the air. When pictures of this incident went viral on social media, many questions were raised regarding the safety of Boeing planes.
After the January 5 crash, US regulators along with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have banned 171 737 Max 9 aircraft from flying. It is a matter of relief that none of the 177 passengers and crew members aboard Alaska Airlines flight 1282 were injured. The exit door of this aircraft suddenly broke and flew into the air when it had just taken off from Portland, Oregon.
Both Alaska Air and United Airlines have discovered the remaining 737 Max 9 jets with loose bolts, after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered a grounding of the Max 9 and began inspecting the planes.
However, formal inspection has not been started yet. The agency said Tuesday that Boeing is changing its investigation guidelines after receiving feedback, and that all affected planes will remain grounded until they are cleared by regulators.
