Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to step down before year ends

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will step down from the embattled aircraft maker on the finish of the 12 months after a sequence of mishaps at one in every of America’s most storied producers.

Board Chair Larry Kellner has additionally instructed the corporate he does not plan to face for re-election.

Boeing additionally stated Monday that Stan Deal, president and CEO of its business airplanes unit, will retire from the corporate. Stephanie Pope will now lead the division.

The Federal Aviation Administration has put the corporate underneath intense scrutiny and lately ordered an audit of meeting traces at a Boeing manufacturing unit close to Seattle, the place the corporate builds planes just like the Alaska Airways 737 Max that suffered a door-panel blowout on Jan. 5.

Investigators say bolts that assist hold the panel in place have been lacking after restore work on the Boeing manufacturing unit. The incident has raised scrutiny of Boeing to its highest degree since two crashes of Boeing 737 Max jets in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 folks.

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