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Prarthana Prakash

Lufthansa CEO calls Boeing's aircraft delays 'extremely annoying' following its recent safety crisis—but he’s banking on things getting better

a picture of Carsten Spohr (Credit: Simon Wohlfahrt—Bloomberg/Getty Images)

It’s been one problem after another for Boeing since the start of the year.

It all began when a panel fell off mid-flight from one of its aircraft flown by Alaska Airlines. That set off a cascade of unfortunate events, including the fallout over the death of two whistleblowers within two months who had accused the Seattle-based company of taking shortcuts to manufacture its flagship jets. It’s also crucially led to delays in the delivery of its planes. 

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