As 737 Max crisis rages on, Boeing reshuffles its top engineers
The planemaker has appointed a new vice-president of engineering while dedicating another top executive to the aircraft probe
Seattle — Boeing’s commercial aeroplane division, facing its biggest crisis in years following deadly crashes of its flagship 737 Max aircraft, has brought in a new vice-president of engineering while dedicating another top executive to the aircraft investigations, a company e-mail showed on Tuesday. The management reshuffle comes as Europe and Canada said they would seek their own guarantees over the safety of Boeing’s 737 Max, further complicating plans to get the aircraft flying worldwide after they were grounded in the wake of crashes that killed more than 300 people. John Hamilton, formerly both vice-president and chief engineer in Boeing’s Commercial Airplanes division, will focus solely on the role of chief engineer, the unit’s CEO Kevin McAllister told employees on Tuesday in an e-mail seen by Reuters. “This will allow him to fully dedicate his attention to the ongoing accident investigations,” McAllister said, adding that the staffing changes were needed as “we prioritise a...
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