Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dennis Muilenburg, ka Pelekikena, Luna Hoʻokele a me Luna Nui o The Boeing Company, ʻaʻole i hoʻokō pono kāna hui i kahi hiʻohiʻona makaʻala palekana ma kāna mokulele 737 MAX, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka honua ma hope o ʻelua ulia mokulele make.
"Ua hina pōkole mākou ... ʻO ka hoʻokō ʻana o ia polokalamu, ʻaʻole mākou i hana pololei," i ʻōlelo ʻo Muilenburg.
"Ua ʻike kā mākou ʻenekini i kēlā," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana e hana ana ka ʻoihana e hoʻonā i ka pilikia.
Hiki i ka hiʻohiona palekana ke hoʻomaopopo i nā pailaka o nā pilikia i ka wā mua o ka lele ʻana, a ua hiki paha iā ia ke pale i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka lele ʻana o Ethiopian Airlines 302 i Malaki, ʻo Chris Brady, ka mea kākau o Boeing 737 ʻ Guidelelo aʻoaʻo alakaʻi, haʻi aku i ka BBC.
"Hilinaʻi nō wau ʻaʻole paha i hāʻule ka lele ʻana o ʻAitiopa Airlines inā loaʻa iā lākou ka makaʻala kūlike ʻole o ka AOA," i ʻōlelo ʻo Brady, e pili ana i ka polokalamu palekana.
ʻO ka ulia, nāna i pepehi nā 157 ohua a pau, i kēia manawa e hoʻokolokolo ʻia nei, akā ʻo ka mea i manaʻo nui ʻia ʻo ia ka hana hewa ʻole o ka ʻōnaehana hoʻokele lele o nā mokulele. Ua lele ka liona Lion Air mai Indonesia, a 737 MAX hoʻi, ua ʻike ʻia kekahi pilikia like me ʻOkakopa i hala ma mua o ka hāʻule ʻana, a ua luku ʻia ka 189 poʻe ma luna o ka moku.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Boeing i ka mahina i hala aku nei, ʻo ka makaʻala, ka mea i hiki ke hoʻowalewale i nā pailaka e hahai i kahi kaʻina hana pōpilikia ʻokoʻa, "ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻia he hiʻohiʻona palekana ma nā mokulele a ʻaʻole pono ia no ka hana palekana o ka mokulele."
Ua hoʻopau ka US Federal Aviation Administration i kahi hoʻokolokolo kūloko ma mua o kēia mahina i ka pono ʻole o ka ʻoihana e nānā pono i nā hōʻike palekana o Boeing no ka 737 MAX, e hoʻopaneʻe ana i nā loea ponoʻī o ka ʻoihana a ʻae i nā ʻōnaehana hemahema ma o ke kaʻina ʻae ʻana o ka ʻoihana.
