Timeline: Boeing fires CEO after year of turmoil over 737 MAX

(Reuters) – Boeing Co (BA.N) has fired Chief Executive Dennis
Muilenburg following a year of intense scrutiny and industrial
setbacks set off by twin fatal crashes of its 737 MAX jetliner.

Here is a timeline of events:

DEC. 12, 2019 – Boeing abandons its goal of winning regulatory
approval for the 737 MAX to resume flying in December after the
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the plane would not
be cleared to fly before 2020

DEC. 11, 2019 – FAA chief Steve Dickson says 737 MAX will not be
cleared to fly before the end of 2019

NOV. 15, 2019 – The head of the FAA tells his team to “take
whatever time is needed” in their review of the 737 MAX

NOV. 11, 2019 – Boeing says it expects the FAA to issue an order
approving the plane’s return to flight in December, forecasting
commercial flights to resume in January.

NOV. 7, 2019 – U.S. and European regulators ask Boeing to revise
documentation on its proposed 737 MAX software fix

OCT. 24, 2019 – Boeing says it still expects FAA approval to fly
the 737 MAX in the fourth quarter, sending its shares higher
despite a slump in quarterly profit. FAA says it will need “several
weeks” for review

JULY 18, 2019 – Boeing says it has assumed regulatory approval
of the 737 MAX’s return to service in the United States and other
jurisdictions will begin early in the fourth quarter

JUNE 27, 2019 – Boeing says it will take until at least
September to fix a newly identified problem with software that
emerged when FAA test pilots were reviewing potential failure
scenarios of the flight control computer in a 737 MAX
simulator.

MAY 16, 2019 – Boeing says it has completed a software update
for its 737 MAX jets and is in the process of submitting a pilot
training plan to the FAA

APRIL 6, 2019 – Boeing says it will cut monthly 737 MAX
production by nearly 20%; U.S. and airline officials say they
believe the plane could be grounded for at least two months

MARCH 13, 2019 – FAA joins other major global regulators in
grounding the 737 MAX, citing evidence of similarities between the
two fatal crashes

MARCH 12, 2019 – FAA says will mandate that Boeing implement
design changes on the 737 MAX by April that have been in the works
for months

MARCH 10, 2019 – An Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crashes, killing
all 157 people on board

NOV. 30, 2018 – Boeing is weighing plans to launch a software
upgrade for its 737 MAX in six to eight weeks that would help
address a scenario faced by crew of Indonesia’s Lion Air, sources
told Reuters

NOV. 13, 2018 – FAA, Boeing say they are evaluating the need for
software or design changes to 737 MAX jets following the Lion Air
crash

OCT. 29, 2018 – A Lion Air 737 MAX plane crashes in Indonesia,
killing all 189 people on board