Leaked email reveals a Boeing executive tried to convince a congressman to avoid discussing another troubled plane during the 737 Max hearing

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Leaked email reveals a Boeing executive tried to convince a congressman to avoid discussing another troubled plane during the 737 Max hearing
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A Boeing employee called the congressman's staff shortly before the hearing asking him to stick to questions about the 737 Max on Wednesday.

Boeing reached out to a US congressman on the morning of CEO Dennis Muilenburg's House testimony on the 737 Max, asking him to avoid asking questions about another troubled Boeing aircraft. According to an email sent by a Boeing government affairs employee to staffers for Rep. John Garamendi and seen by Business Insider, Boeing sought to ensure that the congressman would limit his questions to the 737 Max only during Muilenburg's Wednesday testimony to the House Transportation Committee.

Boeing reached out to a US congressman on the morning of CEO Dennis Muilenburg's House testimony on the 737 Max, asking him to avoid asking questions about another troubled Boeing aircraft. According to an email sent by a Boeing government affairs employee to staffers for Rep. John Garamendi and seen by Business Insider, Boeing sought to ensure that the congressman would limit his questions to the 737 Max only during Muilenburg's Wednesday testimony to the House Transportation Committee.

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