Rep. Rick Larsen, chair of the House subcommittee on aviation, says they could have 'potentially saved the lives of 346 people' if Boeing had been more 'forthcoming early on' with the emails and messaging.
The emails show"they were under tremendous pressure from the beginning to be certain that this plane would not require pilots to have a high level of simulator training to save money and make it more marketable," DeFazio said, adding"That came from high up in the Boeing corporation."
Dennis Muilenburg testifies before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Aviation Safety and the Future of Boeings 737 MAX in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Oct. 29, 2019.
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