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June 18 will bring another in a series of unusual moments in the history of Boeing as the company’s CEO, David Calhoun, testifies in front of members of the U.S. Senate. It will be the first time since a newly-built 737 Max 9 lost a plug exit during an Alaska Airlines flight over Oregon on Jan. 5, kicking off a crisis that continues to bring upheaval to the aerospace giant — including Calhoun’s own hastened departure.
Boeing’s troubles of the last six years, most of its own making, are still firmly embedded deep in the American cultural zeitgeist and such hearings act as an indirect catharsis of national frustration. The question is not necessarily whether…