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Boeing head battered with calls from lawmakers to resign

By Melissa Quinn
Published October 30, 2019 8:44pm ET
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Boeing head battered with calls from lawmakers to resign
Boeing Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg looks on during a Senate Commerce, Science, and transportation Committee, Tuesday, October 29, 2019, on aviation safety and the future of Boeings 737 MAX aircraft. Muilenburg is appearing before Congress for the first time since the crashes of two 737 Max jets killed 346 people. | (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg faced numerous calls from lawmakers to resign as the aerospace giant grapples with the fallout from two deadly downings of its embattled 737 Max.

Several members of the House Transportation Committee, who pummeled Muilenburg with questions about the jet, expressed dismay about Muilenburg’s multimillion-dollar compensation and whether he was taking responsibility for the crashes that killed all 346 passengers on board.

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