cover of episode Boeing | What Went Wrong? | 5

Boeing | What Went Wrong? | 5

2024/9/10
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Boeing's journey from a leading aircraft manufacturer to facing serious competition from Airbus, leading to the development of the 737 MAX with design flaws that caused fatal crashes.
  • Boeing agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge of conspiring to defraud the federal government.
  • The company agreed to pay a nearly half-billion-dollar fine and spend additional funds on safety programs.

Shownotes Transcript

Launched in 1916, Boeing grew into the world’s leading manufacturer of commercial aircraft. Then Airbus came along, and Boeing had serious competition. In response, Boeing released a new plane, the 737 MAX, but design flaws led to two crashes and 346 deaths. Today, aviation industry consultant Scott Hamilton joins Lindsay to try to answer the question: how did Boeing get here? Hamilton is the author of Air Wars:*** ***The Global Combat Between Airbus and Boeing. )

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