Isigebenga se-aerospace saseMelika iBoeing Ugxothe i-CEO yakhe u-Dennis Muilenburg emva konyaka ejongiwe ngokuqatha kunye nezithintelo ezibangelwe ziingozi ezimbini zeenqwelomoya zayo ezithengiswa kakhulu ezingama-737 MAX, ezibulale abantu abangama-346.
Kwingxelo ekhutshwe namhlanje, uBoeing ubhengeze ukuba uDavid Calhoun uza kuthatha indawo yeMuilenburg njengeGosa eliLawulayo lenkampani. ICalhoun ithatha ngokusemthethweni i-13 kaJanuwari.
Umenzi wenqwelomoya uchaze ukuba inyathelo "liyimfuneko ukubuyisela ukuzithemba" kwifemu njengoko isokola ukubuyisela ukuthembana kwabatyali-zimali, abathengi, kunye nabalawuli beenqwelomoya.
“Phantsi kobunkokeli obutsha beNkampani, iBoeing iza kusebenza ngokuzibophelela ngokutsha ekukhanyeni okupheleleyo, kuquka unxibelelwano olusebenzayo nolusebenzayo kunye ne-FAA, abanye abalawuli behlabathi kunye nabathengi bayo,” inqaku leendaba likaBoeing liyafundeka.
I-US Federal Aviation Administration iyalele ukuba kumiswe zonke iimodeli ezingama-737 MAX ngoMatshi, ngokukrokra kulandela ukukhokela kwamazwe kwihlabathi liphela emva kwengozi ebulalayo ye-Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 yabulala abantu abayi-157. Kwiinyanga ezintlanu ngaphambili, i-737 MAX ye-Lion Air yase-Indonesia yaphuka ngendlela efanayo, yabulala abakhweli be-189 kunye nabasebenzi.
Ukusukela ngoko, phantse iijethi ze-400 MAX zibambekile emhlabeni, kwaye iBoeing yenze ezinye ezingama-400, ezingakwaziyo ukuzisa abathengi naphi na. Uphononongo lwe-FAA lusaqhubeka, phakathi kwenani lezityhilelo ezicebisa ukuba iziphene ngesoftware yolawulo ye-MAX yayisaziwa kudala yinkampani kunye nabaqhubi bayo bovavanyo.
U-Muilenburg waba yi-CEO yesigebenga se-aerospace ngoJulayi 2015. Ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka wohluthwa iwonga likasihlalo njengoko u-Boeing wagqiba ekubeni ahlule ezi ndima zimbini kwaye uDavid Calhoun wathatha isikhundla.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The US Federal Aviation Administration ordered the grounding of all 737 MAX models in March, grudgingly following the lead of countries around the world after the fatal crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 killed 157 people.
- Umenzi wenqwelomoya uchaze ukuba inyathelo "liyimfuneko ukubuyisela ukuzithemba" kwifemu njengoko isokola ukubuyisela ukuthembana kwabatyali-zimali, abathengi, kunye nabalawuli beenqwelomoya.
- Earlier this year he was stripped of the chairman title as Boeing decided to separate the two roles and David Calhoun took over the position.
