‘Safety, safety, safety’: Boeing shakes up leadership in bid to stem crisis
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CEO Dave Calhoun’s departure comes as aircraft manufacturer is facing intense scrutiny over safety record.
Seattle, United States – For those watching developments at Boeing, the question was not whether there was going to be a shake-up at the top, but when.
When Boeing announced on Monday that its CEO Dave Calhoun would be stepping down at the end of the year, some wondered why it had taken so long.
Calhoun, 66, was appointed in 2020 to revive the company’s fortunes amid one of the worst public trust crises in its 100-year-old history, following two fatal crashes of Boeing 737 MAX jets in 2018 and 2019.
The crashes killed 346 people and resulted in the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX globally for months.
Then in January, a door plug blew out of the side of an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX, forcing pilots to take emergency measures.
