Boeing has announced the establishment of a permanent aerospace safety

committee in the company to reassure the public of its commitment to safety in its products and services.

Boeing chair, president and CEO Dennis Muilenburg said the committee's primary responsibility is to oversee and ensure the safe design, development, manufacturing, production, operation, maintenance and delivery of the company's aerospace products and services. The Board of Directors formally approved the creation of the new aerospace safety committee in an August meeting.

Boeing also delivered the recommendations of its specially-appointed Committee on Airplane Policies and Processes, which were adopted by its Board of Directors, on the investigations following the crashes of 737 MAX aircraft operated by Lion Air (Flight 610) and Ethiopian Airlines (Flight 302).

Meanwhile, the committee tasked to look into the fatal incidents recommended wide-ranging safety, engineering and design changes at Boeing.

This includes the following actions:

• Create a 'product and services safety' organisation to review all aspects of product safety;
• Realign the engineering function to focus their attention primarily on the engineering function and the related needs of the company;
• Establish a 'design requirements program' that would incorporate historical design materials, data and information, best practices, lessons learned and detailed after-action reports. 
• Enhance the 'continued operation safety program that would require all safety and potential safety reports be provided to the chief engineer for his or her review;
• Re-examine flight deck design and operation to re-examine assumptions around flight deck design and operation;
• Expand the role and reach of Boeing's 'safety promotion centre' beyond engineering and manufacturing to the company's global network of employees, factories, facilities and offices.