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Boeing CEO Blasts Media in Internal Memo on Crash Response
Muilenburg claims that ‘speculation’ has introduced false assumptions.
Boeing chairman and CEO Dennis Muilenburg (Photo: Boeing)
Boeing chairman and CEO Dennis Muilenburg (Photo: Boeing)

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg chastised media outlets in an internal memo to employees last week over what he characterized as false reporting on Boeing’s alleged lack of communication about the function of the 737 Max’s maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS). In the memo, Muilenburg called “simply untrue” reports that Boeing withheld information about the potential for the automated stall protection system to force the airplane’s nose downward in the event it detects the danger of a stall and emphasized that the model’s flight crew operations manual describes the relevant function.