New York CNN —Boeing CEO David Calhoun’s Wednesday was decidedly a mixed bag: The Federal Aviation Administration finally approved a set of inspection criteria for the 171 grounded 737 Max 9 planes that, if followed, could return the aircraft to service.
And the FAA said it would not grant any production expansion of the 737 Max lineup while its safety probe of Boeing continues.
“We fly safe planes,” Calhoun said to reporters assembled on Capitol Hill.
A week earlier, Calhoun acknowledged the company made a “mistake” at a staff-wide safety meeting, but he did not specify what that mistake was.
Two Max variants — the Max 7 and the Max 10 — are still awaiting approval to begin carrying passengers.
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