Boeing says 'sorry' for Max crashes, seeking renewed trust

Boeing executives apologized on Monday, June 17 to airlines and families of victims of 737 Max crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, as US plane maker struggles to regain trust of regulators, pilots, and global traveling public.

Kevin McAllister, CEO of Boeing's commercial aircraft, told reporters at  Paris Air Show on Monday that "we are very sorry for loss of lives" in  Lion Air crash in October and Ethiopian Airlines crash in March. A total of 346 people were killed.

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McAllister also said "I'm sorry for disruption" to airlines from subsequent grounding of all Max planes worldwide, and to ir passengers facing summer travel. He stressed that Boeing is working hard to learn from what went wrong but wouldn't say when plane could fly again.

Or Boeing executives also stressed company's focus on safety and condolences to victims' families.

Investigations are underway into what happened, though it's kwn that angle-measuring sensors in both planes malfunctioned, alerting anti-stall software to push ses of planes down. pilots were unable to take back control of planes.

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Safety is on many minds at  Paris Air Show, where global ecomic slowdown and tre tensions between US and or powers are also weighing on mood.

Rival Airbus is expecting some big orders despite a slow sales year so far and is likely to unveil its long-range A320 XLR at  Paris show.

world's aviation elite converged Monday on event, which is also showcasing fighter jets, rockets, electric planes, pilotless air taxis, and or cutting-edge techlogy.