Boeing admits its responsibility for the "Alaska Airlines" plane accident and pledges "full transparency"
Dave Calhoun, the CEO of Boeing, acknowledged on Tuesday his company's responsibility in the aviation industry for the incident that impacted the "Alaska Airlines" flight on Friday, committing to "complete transparency" in this matter.
Speaking at a meeting in a Boeing facility in Renton, Washington, Calhoun stated, "We shall address this issue beginning by acknowledging our mistake," adding, as reported by a Boeing spokesperson, "We will deal with it with absolute and complete transparency at every step."
Calhoun emphasized that Boeing will rely on the US Federal Aviation Administration to "ensure that all authorized aircraft are safe to fly and to prevent such an incident from happening again."
The Boeing CEO insisted on the importance of "every detail,"
Calhoun did not specify what he meant by his company's "mistake" in the incident which forced a Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft operated by Alaska Airlines to make an emergency landing after an emergency exit plug separated mid-flight on a domestic route from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California.