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92/100Author:
Peter Robison
Publisher:
Doubleday
Date:
November 30, 2021
Boeing is a century-old titan of American industry. The largest exporter in the US, it played a central role in the early days of commercial flight, World War II bombing missions, and moon landings. It remains a linchpin in the awesome routine of air travel today. But the two crashes of its 737 MAX 8, in 2018 and 2019, exposed a pattern of malfeasance, leading to the biggest crisis in the company's history. How did things go wrong at Boeing?
What The Reviewers Say
Through archival research, the benefit of the extensive reporting on the crashes and their aftermath, and interviews with many of the key players, Robison has produced an authoritative, gripping and finely detailed narrative that charts the decline of one of the great American companies.
Peter Robison...argues in minute detail that the 737 Max 8 crashed twice because it was a botch job of a botch job.
Disturbing.
]A] clear-eyed, anger-inducing account of these avoidable tragedies.
