WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 12th March, 2019) US aircraft manufacturer Boeing is confident that its 737 MAX airplanes are safe, despite a deadly crash involving a jet of the same model that killed 157 people in Ethiopia on Sunday, company Chairman, President and CEO Dennis Muilenburg said in a message to his employees.
"We are confident in the safety of the 737 MAX and in the work of the men and women who designed and built it," Muilenburg said in Monday's statement. "Boeing has delivered more than 370 737 MAX airplanes to 47 customers. Since its certification and entry into service, the MAX family has completed hundreds of thousands of flights safely."
Muilenberg cautioned his employees to stay away from speculation as the investigation into the crash unfolds.
Earlier on Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said that it will notify international carriers of the aircraft's continued airworthiness.
The latest catastrophe in Ethiopia is the second fatal incident involving the narrow-body aircraft in less than five months. In late October 2018, another Boeing 737 MAX 8, operated by Indonesia's Lion Air, plunged into the Java Sea shortly after take-off, claiming the lives of 189 people. According to the preliminary investigation, the plane's sensors were showing incorrect speed and altitude readings.
