Boeing CEO Resigns After Halting 737 Max 8 Production

'Accountability starts with me,' Dennis Muilenburg said in October

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With no end in sight to Boeing’s troubles with the 737 Max 8, CEO Dennis Muilenburg has resigned, the airplane manufacturer announced Monday morning. Taking his place is Boeing’s chairman, David Calhoun.

The news comes after Boeing made the call last week to halt production of the 737 Max 8, a plane that’s crashed twice since 2018, leading to the longest grounding in the history of the Federal Aviation Administration. In total, 346 passengers and crew members died in the two crashes.

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