By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg will testify on April 2 before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, the panel’s chair, Republican Senator Ted Cruz, said on Friday. The hearing will examine the steps taken at Boeing to address its production and safety issues following an Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 incident last year […]
Business
Boeing CEO to testify before US Senate commerce panel on April 2
Audio By Carbonatix
By Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg will testify on April 2 before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, the panel’s chair, Republican Senator Ted Cruz, said on Friday.
The hearing will examine the steps taken at Boeing to address its production and safety issues following an Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 incident last year and a Federal Aviation Administration safety review, Cruz said in a statement.
“Given Boeing’s past missteps and problems, the flying public deserves to hear what changes are being made to rehabilitate the company’s tarnished reputation,” Cruz said.
The U.S. planemaker’s safety and manufacturing procedures have been under increased scrutiny after a series of crises involving safety, including when a door panel flew off a new Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 in mid-air last year.
Boeing has a production cap of 38 jets a month, imposed by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration last year after the Alaska Airlines plane incident.
Boeing said on Tuesday that it had delivered 45 airplanes in January, up from 30 deliveries the previous month and the most deliveries in a month for the U.S. planemaker since 2023.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Thursday he had asked Boeing’s CEO to come to Washington, D.C., “as soon as possible” to discuss quality and safety issues at the company.
Duffy has said the federal government needed to make sure the company was implementing its safety plan.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Chris Reese and Stephen Coates)