Once again, a high-ranking official steps up at aircraft manufacturer Boeing. This is the 65-year-old Michael Luttig, who is responsible for the legal settlement of the crashed 737 MAX aircraft of the American company. Earlier this week, Dennis Muilenburg, CEO the field clean up already because of the problems.
Since May of this year, Luttig has been responsible for all legal matters concerning the plane crashes with two Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. In October last year, a Lion Air aircraft collapsed down, resulting in 189 deaths. In March this year A plane from Ethiopian Airlines crashed six minutes after takeoff. In addition, all 157 passengers were killed. Software errors in the operating system appeared to be the cause in both cases. Since then, hundreds of aircraft of the same type have been on the ground.
According to Boeing, Luttig is one of the smartest legal people in the United States. He has announced his departure himself, says Boeing in a statement. “Luttig is one of the best legal people in our country and he has led our company professionally in the legal field,” said interim chief executive Greg Smith. “The board and I will always be grateful for its services, and I will always be personally grateful for the friendship.”
“An honour”
The legal adviser started his career with Boeing after a career of 15 years in the American judiciary. He also worked in the US and in the White House, at the time of Ronald Reagan’s presidency in the 1980s. Brett Gerry, the current legal director of Boeing, will take over the duties of Luttig.
The problems with the Boeing 737 MAX would have cost Boeing more than 9 billion dollars so far. The production of the device type will be stopped next month, pending adjustments to the device.
What is wrong with Boeing’s 737 MAX devices? We flew earlier in a simulator to show that:
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