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Christiaan Hetzner

Boeing CEO 'shaken to the bone' by Alaska Air accident, and admits mistake

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun (Credit: Valerie Plesch—Bloomberg/Getty Images)

A visibly shaken David Calhoun struggled to maintain composure in front of his workforce as the Boeing CEO pictured the horrifying thought of passengers sucked out of a gaping hole in one of his commercial jets in midair.

Days ago, video footage showed Alaska Airlines crew narrowly avoiding disaster when a door panel on a nearly new 737 Max 9 tore off at 16,000 feet.

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