Boeing announced that CEO Dave Calhoun and other executives will resign as part of a management restructuring sparked by safety and quality concerns over an in-flight door panel explosion earlier this year. CNBC News report.
Calhoun told Boeing employees on Monday that he plans to leave the company at the end of 2024.
“As you all know, the Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 disaster was a turning point for Boeing,” Calhoun wrote. “We must continue to respond to this incident with humility and full transparency, and instill a strong commitment to safety and quality at every level of our company.”
“The world’s eyes are on us, and we are determined to rise to this moment as a better company, building on all the learnings we have accumulated over the past several years as we worked together to rebuild Boeing. I’m confident we can get through this,” Calhoun added.
He told CNBC that the decision to resign was “100 percent” his own.
Mr. Calhoun resigned from his position in January 2020 after the company’s board of directors urged the firing of his predecessor, Dennis A. Muilenburg, following two plane crashes in 2018 and 2019. It took over. The accident, which killed all passengers, was caused by a problem with the plane’s flight stabilization system.
Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Stan Diehl also resigned immediately amid management reforms. He will be succeeded by Stephanie Pope, Boeing’s chief operating officer.
Additionally, Board Chairman Larry Kellner has resigned and will not seek re-election in May. Boeing director Steve Mollenkopf will replace Kellner and lead the board of directors in selecting a new CEO.
In February, Diehl told NBC News that the manufacturer fired Ed Clark, head of the 737 Max program. Mr. Clark managed the Boeing facility in Renton, Wash., where the Alaska Airlines plane involved in the mid-flight panel explosion in January was assembled. At the time, Diehl said the executive restructuring was part of Boeing’s “focus on ensuring that every aircraft we deliver meets or exceeds all quality and safety requirements.” I was calling.
Earlier this month, the National Transportation Safety Board notified the Senate Commerce Committee that it had “no record” of Boeing repairing a plane that suffered a ruptured panel. Before the aircraft was delivered to Alaska Airlines, the aircraft underwent rivet repair and the door panels had to be temporarily removed.
“To this day, we still do not know who opened, reinstalled, and closed the door plugs on the accident aircraft,” NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said in a letter to senators. . “Boeing has told us that they can’t find any records of this work.”
Boeing has repeatedly said it is cooperating with the NTSB’s investigation into the incident.
“In terms of documentation, if door plug removal was not documented, there would be no documentation to share,” Boeing said.
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