Boeing CEO calls on company to acknowledge ‘mistake’, withdraws multi-operator message

Speaking in a company-wide address from the airframe manufacturer’s 737 factory in Washington, Boeing CEO David Calhoun said the organisation must acknowledge its shortcomings after an explosive decompression onboard an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 prompted the emergency grounding of all affected variants. “We’re going to approach this, number one: acknowledging our mistake,” said Calhoun. “We’re going to approach it with 100% and complete transparency every step of the way”. He confirmed that Boeing engineers are currently investigating the plane’s door plug, which was recovered from a backyard in Oregan. Meanwhile, ‘every Boeing 737-9 MAX with a plug door will