‘Why haven’t you resigned?’ Senators torch Boeing CEO as he apologizes for deadly failures

Outgoing Boeing CEO David Calhoun apologized Tuesday to the hundreds of families who lost loved ones in crashes of the company’s 737 MAX jets — then faced scathing rebukes from senators who accused the company of placing profits over lives.

“I apologize for the grief that we have caused,” Calhoun said, standing and facing a roomful of victims’ relatives who packed a Capitol Hill hearing room, many of them holding posters with names and images of those who had died. “And I want you to know we are totally committed in their memory to work and focus on safety for as long as we are employed by Boeing.”

A chorus of voices, cracking and trembling, were heard shouting: “We want to know how they died” and “How could you, Boeing, and the CEO, let that happen.”