Billionaire Warren Buffett, one of the world\u2019s 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.\u201cI will never hesitate even for a second to fly on a 737 MAX,\u201d he said in response to a question from AFP on the sidelines of the annual shareholder meeting of his Berkshire Hathaway empire in Omaha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While\n Buffett, the world\u2019s third-richest man, owns stakes in several of the \nmost prestigious American companies from Coca-Cola to JPMorgan Chase, \nGoldman Sachs to Apple and, recently, Amazon he holds no shares in \nBoeing, though he has invested in airlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Boeing\u2019s entire 737 \nMAX fleet has been grounded since shortly after the latest crash in \nMarch, while investigators study the incidents and engineers work on \nsolutions.Buffett was responding to a question about the damage to \nBoeing\u2019s reputation after 737 MAX planes were involved in two fatal \ncrashes that left a total of nearly 350 people dead in a span of less \nthan five months.\u201cPlanes have never been so safe,\u201d Buffett said, even as\n he encouraged Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg to always make safety a \npriority.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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