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NEW YORK, Jan 11 — Boeing employees bantered about whether the 737 MAX was safe to fly and joked that the aircraft was “designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys,” according to emails released late Thursday. “Would you put your family on a MAX simulator trained aircraft? I...

Boeing apologised for the tone of the messages, which it said were sent to congressional investigators in the interest of transparency. — Reuters pic

The latest disclosures could complicate efforts by Boeing to win FAA approval to return the plane to service and may amplify calls in Congress for more profound steps to address company culture after the aerospace giant ousted its chief executive in December. The company’s share price dropped 1.9 per cent to close yesterday at US$329.92, the biggest loser in the Dow.The latest exchanges happened as Boeing was working to persuade the FAA that pilots would not need simulator training to fly the new MAX, arguing that training on computer tablets would be sufficient.

Boeing apologised for the tone of the messages, which it said were sent to congressional investigators in the interest of transparency. “Our first priority is safety, and we have set no timeframe for when the work will be completed,” an FAA spokesman said.

 

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