Jennifer Homendy said she asked Boeing's CEO who handled the panel that blew off the jet.he couldn't help her
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Boeing Co.'s chief executive officer said Wednesday that his agency still does not know who was working on the panel for the January jetliner explosion, and that Boeing's chief executive officer is He said he was told that he could not provide information because he had no record of the job. .
In a letter to the Senate committee investigating the Jan. 5 crash of a Boeing 737 Max 9 operated by Alaska Airlines, National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy wrote, “These records are… “Their absence will complicate any future NTSB investigation.”
Boeing issued a short statement supporting the investigation, as it has done many times before.
Homendy told senators last week that the NTSB asked Boeing in September for security camera footage that would help identify the panel workers, but the footage was overwritten 30 days later, months before the explosion. He said he was told that
Boeing said Wednesday that it is standard company practice to delete videos after 30 days.
Homendy's latest letter to the Senate Commerce Committee follows an appearance before the committee last week. Shortly after her testimony concluded, Boeing released the names of 25 employees who work on doors at its 737 factory near Seattle.
However, she said the company has not yet disclosed which workers removed the panels that would cover the holes left if the plane did not require additional emergency doors. She also said she called Boeing CEO David Calhoun.
“He stated that he could not provide that information and claimed that Boeing had no record of the work performed,” Homendy wrote. Boeing did not comment on the call.
Homendy acknowledged that the NTSB's focus on identifying specific workers has its drawbacks. She feared this would deter people from speaking to investigators about the case, and she told her staff to protect the identities of Boeing employees who came forward.
