Muilenburg’s eyes were wet, his features working painfully. Keating, sitting directly behind him, kept chewing gum, his expression suggesting he was watching an especially interesting movie. “When did you become aware of the fact that MCAS was not going to be included in the flying manual?” Blumenthal asked him. It was a kill shot for an opening question—this was, of course, the thing Muilenburg had lied about on Fox Business soon after the Lion Air crash, telling people MCAS was in the manual. The CEO looked down and said, “First if I could express my deep sympathies…” Blumenthal, a seasoned
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