Plane crash victims' families 'sickened' by fired Boeing CEO's $62 million payout. Hundreds of people who lost loved ones aboard doomed 737 Max jets learned Friday evening that Dennis Muilenburg - the fired Boeing chief executive who presided over the flawed airplanes' development and pushed regulators to keep them in the air - will receive at least $62 million on his way out.

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg has sought to assure the public of the safety of the Boeing 737 MAX series of aircraft after several countries have grounded the 737 MAX 8 in response to the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane on Sunday, a second crash of the plane in five months.