Boeing is facing fresh scrutiny over its handling of 737 MAX safety issues, as newly released documents show the company withheld critical information from Ethiopian Airlines pilots before the second fatal crash in 2019. A federal judge has scheduled a hearing for Friday, October 11, to consider objections from victims’ families to a proposed plea
Boeing hopes to conduct key certification flights on the 737 MAX this month, according to sources cited by Reuters and Bloomberg.
Boeing may face criminal and civil scrutiny into the beleaguered 737 MAX line, according to numerous overnight reports.
Kuwaiti leasing agency ALAFCO has filed a USD$336m lawsuit against Boeing this week, claiming breach of contract against the Chicago-based manufacturer.
Boeing Chief Executive David Calhoun has told colleagues he regrets criticising his predecessor in a newspaper interview, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Fundamentally, much of Boeing never really wanted to build the 737 MAX, and spent the latter half of the previous decade deciding that what it really wanted to do was build the FSA, the replacement for its nearly 50-year-old 737 programme.
