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Boeing CEO Accused of Telling 'Half-truths' in 737 MAX Hearing

Reuters

   WASHINGTON - Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg faced intense
   grilling by U.S. lawmakers at a hearing on Tuesday over what the
   company knew about its MCAS stall-prevention system linked to two
   deadly crashes, and about delays in turning over internal 2016 messages
   that described erratic behavior of the software in a simulator.

   The hearing, the highest-profile congressional scrutiny of commercial
   aviation safety in years, heaps pressure on a newly rejiggered Boeing
   senior management team fighting to repair trust with airline customers
   and passengers shaken by an eight-month safety ban on its 737 MAX
   following the crashes, which killed 346 people.

   "You have told me half-truths over and over again," Senator Tammy
   Duckworth told Muilenburg, questioning why the manufacturer did not
   disclose more details about MCAS's lack of safeguards. "You have not
   told us the whole truth and these families are suffering because of
   it."

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