Dennis Muilenburg, the chief executive, told shareholders suggestions that Boeing ‘rushed the 737 Max to market’ were not true JIM YOUNG/POOL/REUTERSThe boss of Boeing denied that a safety feature on its 737 Max jets that has been linked to two fatal crashes was sold as an optional extra. Dennis Muilenburg, chairman and chief executive, told shareholders at Boeing’s annual meeting: “We don’t make safety features optional.”He spoke a day after US media reported that a standard safety feature found on earlier models of the 737 had been deactivated on the 737 Max, but the company had not informed airlines about the change. The system, which warned pilots that pitch sensors were malfunctioning, was an optional alert that was available only if carriers paid for it, the reports said. Boeing, valued at $214 billion, is the world’s largest aerospace group. Its main business is building…

Source: The Times April 29, 2019 16:07 UTC