Billionaire Warren Buffett, one of the world’s most influential businessmen, said Saturday that he would not hesitate to fly in a Boeing 737 Max airplane, despite the grounding of the planes after two fatal crashes.“I will never hesitate even for a second to fly on a 737 MAX,” he said in response to a question from AFP on the sidelines of the annual shareholder meeting of his Berkshire Hathaway empire in Omaha.

While Buffett, the world’s third-richest man, owns stakes in several of the most prestigious American companies from Coca-Cola to JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs to Apple and, recently, Amazon he holds no shares in Boeing, though he has invested in airlines.

Boeing’s entire 737 MAX fleet has been grounded since shortly after the latest crash in March, while investigators study the incidents and engineers work on solutions.Buffett was responding to a question about the damage to Boeing’s reputation after 737 MAX planes were involved in two fatal crashes that left a total of nearly 350 people dead in a span of less than five months.“Planes have never been so safe,” Buffett said, even as he encouraged Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg to always make safety a priority.