US legislators put Boeing under fire over safety pledges 

The crisis at Boeing has caused disruption to growth plans at airlines around the world, including at Ryanair, whose fleets are based almost solely on the US plane maker

A second hearing in Washington is focused on claims by a Boeing engineer turned whistleblower, who alleges the company has cut corners in the production of its 787 airliner, placing profitability over safety

US legislators challenged Boeing Co. to expend the necessary time and effort to reset its safety culture and criticised the plane maker’s relationship with regulators as "too cozy".

Boeing needs to be judged by what it does, not by what it says it’s doing, Senator Tammy Duckworth said in her opening remarks at the senate commerce committee in Washington.