Members of the United States of America Congress have attacked Boeing over what they called building 'flying confines' and embracing a policy of systemic concealment in a bid to gain approval for its 737 Max plane to be allowed to take to the skies.
Dennis Muilenburg , Boeing's chief executive officer, appeared before a Senate committee on Tuesday to field a series of tough questions regarding the safety of Boeing planes.
346 people lost their lives in two crashes involving the 737 Max plane.
Investigations into the 2 crashes found that they had been caused by design flaws of the 737 mAX.
Muilenburg made the admission that the plane manufacturer had mad mistakes and assured that those mistakes would not be allowed to happen again.
"We have learned from both accidents and identified changes that need to be made," the Boeing CEO said.
The legislators contended that Boeing officials were aware of the issues with the automated control system of the Boeing 737 Max but made no effort to have those issues addressed.
According to Senator Richard Blumenthal, pilots had been misled to the point of agreeing to handle 'flying coffins'.
"If you want to be the leader in aviation manufacturing you have to be the leader in safety, " Washington Senator Maria Cantwell said.