Boeing
The return of the company's top-selling aircraft, which has been grounded since March, was originally supposed to happen much sooner.
Dennis Muilenberg was replaced after a year of controversy that included the grounding of Boeing 737 Max jets.
The crew capsule, which was built for NASA, had ended up in the wrong orbit after its launch on Friday because of an issue with the spacecraft's internal clock.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
The company has no immediate layoffs planned when the production freeze goes into effect in January.
Boeing said Wednesday that John Hamilton planned to retire last year as chief engineer of commercial airplanes, but he stayed on to help get the Max back into service.
A flight-control system pushed the nose of two 737 Max planes down before crashes that killed 346 people.
After 346 deaths, Dennis Muilenburg faced tough questions on why more wasn't done to address safety concerns about the plane.
Lion Air flight 610 crashed because pilots weren't told how to quickly respond to malfunctions in Boeing 737 Max 8 jet’s automated flight-control system.
The pilots claim they lost $100 million in wages when Boeing was forced to ground the jets following two fatal crashes.