Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Kevin McAllister will be replaced amid the 737 Max crisis.
's commercial airplane unit is leaving the company, the company said Tuesday, as the manufacturer scrambles to convince regulators to allow its 737 Max plane back in service after two fatal crashes that killed 346 people.
Kevin McAllister is the most senior executive to leave in the wake of the crashes. The commercial airplane division has been immersed in a crisis for nearly a year following the first crash of one of the 737 Max planes. Another 737 Max crashed less than five months later, prompting a worldwide grounding of Boeing's best-selling aircraft.
McAllister will be replaced by Stan Deal, a three-decade Boeing employee who most recently led its global services business. Aerial photo showing Boeing 737 Max airplanes parked at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, October 20, 2019.After the second crash, Boeing halted deliveries and slashed production of the planes. The grounding has rippled through Boeing's supply chain and to airline customers that have been forced to cancel thousands of flights and forgo hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.
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