Boeing CEO Ortberg Cancels Paris Airshow Trip After India Crash
By , Mihir Mishra, Siddharth Vikram Philip, and Allyson Versprille
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Boeing Co. Chief Executive Officer Kelly Ortberg has canceled plans to attend the Paris Air Show after Thursday's Air India crash that killed all but one of the 242 people aboard a Dreamliner plane in the deadliest aviation accident in more than a decade.
Boeing commercial aircraft head Stephanie Pope also won't attend the Paris show — the global aviation industry's most important annual gathering — according to a company memo seen by Bloomberg News. GE Aerospace, whose engines powered the doomed plane, has cancelled a June 17 investor day.
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