US: Mother of 737 MAX crash victim confronts Boeing CEO

After a contentious hearing where Boeing admitted mistakes and missed red flags about the safety of its 737 MAX jet, a mother whose daughter died in one of the crashes confronted CEO Dennis Muilenburg. "Go back to Iowa. Do that," said Nadia Milleron, referring to Muilenburg's story about his upbringing that he told the House Transportation Committee several times. "I don't feel like you understand," she continued. "It's come to the point where you're not the person anymore to solve the situation." Milleron's 24-year-old daughter Samya Rose Stumo was killed on Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 in March. That and a Lion Air crash last October together killed 346 people and led to regulators worldwide grounding the plane. Boeing continues to work on fixes for the jets, and currently says it expects the plane to be approved for commercial service later this year. In response, Muilenburg said he respects her viewpoint. "But I want to tell you the way I was brought up. And I'm just being honest here about it. I learned from my father in Iowa ... when things happen on your watch you have to own them and you have to take responsibility for fixing them," he said. Muilenburg told lawmakers that in hindsight, he wished the plane had been grounded sooner. "We've asked ourselves that question many, many times," he said. And if we knew back then what we know now, we would have grounded right after the first accident." Lawmakers used the hearing to probe a series of mistakes and safety concerns that Boeing missed. Some said the string of decisions showed a company that prioritized profits over safety and fostered a culture of performance pressure, both charges Muilenburg disputed. "I don't agree with that. Our business model is about safe airplanes," he said. "The reality is it's a competitive environment and the pressure to perform is there."<br/>