Boeing’s Chief Executive officer Dennis Muilenburg has reassured flight passengers of the firm’s commitment to safety and announced software update.
Since Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed just over a week ago, killing all 157 passengers on board, Boeing(BA,+0.49%)has had to reckon with a lot of questions concerning the safety of its 737 Max jets.
CEO Dennis Muilenburg had been mostly quiet since the immediate aftermath of the crash.
Boeing and US aviation regulators are came under intense scrutiny over the certification of the 737 MAX aircraft after news that two recent crashes share similarities.
On March 11, just a day after the Ethiopia crash left 157 dead, a grand jury in Washington issued a subpoena to at least one person involved in the plane’s certification, according to a Wall Street Journal article citing people close to the matter.
The subpoena, which came from a prosecutor in the Justice Department’s criminal division, seeked documents and correspondence related to the plane, according to the report.
“The 737 MAX was certified in accordance with the identical FAA requirements and processes that have governed certification of all previous new airplanes and derivatives,” Boeing said.