Takata Apologizes for Air-Bag Defect in Senate Hearing
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An executive for Takata Corp., the company being investigated for making air bags linked to the deaths of motorists, apologized yesterday at a U.S. Senate hearing as two lawmakers said a sixth fatality may be related.
“We are deeply sorry and anguished about each of the reported instances in which a Takata air bag has not performed as designed and a driver or passenger has suffered personal injuries or death,” Hiroshi Shimizu, senior vice president in charge of global quality assurance, testified to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.