Flyprocucenten Boeing is here for the evening and gone out with an unreserved apology for the two air crashes that have claimed the lives of 346 people.
– We from Boeing apologize for the lives that are lost in the recent 737 accidents. The tragedies are still heavy over our hearts and minds, and we express our sympathy to the families of the passengers and crew on the Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Air Flight 302, says Boeing’s CEO, Dennis A. Muilenburg, in a video he has posted on Twitter.
– We notice all the great severity of these episodes across our business, and we recognize the devastation for the families and friends of those who have died, he says further.
the 112 – 10. mar. 2019 – at. 09:44 Airliner crash: 157 have perished
We at Boeing are sorry for the lives lost in the recent 737 accidents and are relentlessly focused on safety to ensure tragedies like this never happen again. the
Watch the full video here: https://t.co/kZawq35YnZ pic.twitter.com/G9uIHjxsWi
— Dennis A. Muilenburg (@BoeingCEO) 4. april 2019
the Apology comes in the wake of the publication of the interim accident report on the Ethiopian Air Flight 302, which crashed on 10. march, shortly after the departure from the ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
the Report shows that the so-called MCAS system, which is intended to prevent the aircraft lose carrying capacity at specific maneuvers, was enabled due to erroneous information on the illumination angle, as was the case for Lion Air Flight 610 that crashed the 29. October 2018 shortly after the departure from the indonesian capital, Jakarta.
– the History of our industry shows that most accidents are the result of a chain of events. It is also the case here, and we know that we can break one of these chain links in the two accidents. As pilots have told us, so can erroneous activation of the MCAS put additional on top of in an already stressful environment, ” says Boeing director.
– It is our responsibility to remove the risk. We know that, and we know how to do it.
In the days after the crash in Ethiopia drew countries across the globe, the permit to fly for aircraft type boeing 737 back. It is not yet reissued.