IATA chief Willie Walsh backs Boeing CEO to fix safety crisis after blow-out 

IATA director general was speaking ahead of Singapore Airshow where there is a buzz around the first international trip for China’s homegrown passenger jet, the Comac C919

IATA director general Willie Walsh said: ‘Boeing are taking the right measures. I think they’ve responded much, much better to this than other events.’ Picture: Kevin Coombs/Reuters

International Air Transport Association (IATA) chief Willie Walsh has voiced his support for Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to calm the crisis swirling around the troubled US plane maker.

Mr Walsh, the head of the world’s biggest airline trade body, said Mr Calhoun is the right person to lead the company out of its latest safety crisis, after a panel blew out of a 737 MAX 9 plane in flight last month.