Engineering ethicsAirline safetyEngineering designCorporate cultureRegulationSoftware engineeringThe crash of two 737 MAX passenger aircraft in late 2018 and early 2019, and subsequent grounding of the entire fleet of 737 MAX jets, turned a global spotlight on Boeing's practices and culture. Explanations...
The Boeing 737 MAX tragedies also recall the engineering decisions that led to the shuttleChallengerdisaster in 1986 and theApollo 1fire in 1967. Boeing’s haste in responding to the Airbus challenge reminds Travis and others of the group-think curse called “Go Fever” during Project Apollo tha...
This paper offers a thorough inspection of the Boeing 737 MAX crashes from an ethical perspective, mainly looking into care ethics. While many of the found articles surround the technical and regulatory failures surrounding the crashes, this analysis looks into Boeing’s moral responsibilities...
since the wing has a dihedral, or upward tilt, the ground clearance increases for an engines as it’s moved further outboard on the wing. Yet, on the the 737 MAX the engines have exactly the
Earlier this week, the Boeing Company pleaded guilty in federal court to defrauding federal regulators about its role in two fatal crashes, in 2018 and 2019, of 737 MAX aircraft in which 346 people were killed. Three years ago, Boeing agreed to enforce “compliance and ethics,” saying it ...
A former quality manager who blew the whistle on Spirit AeroSystems, a troubled Boeing supplier that builds the bulk of the 737 Max, says he was pressured to downplay problems he found while inspecting the plane's fuselages. For about a decade, Santiago Paredes worked at the ...
Once a symbol of American engineering and technological prowess, Boeing has seen its reputation battered since two 737 Max airliners crashed in 2018 and 2019, killing 346 people. The safety of its products came under renewed scrutiny after a panel blew out of a...
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The failure comes at the end of a very difficult year for Boeing, which has been dealing with the fallout from design issues of its 737 MAX aircraft that resulted in two high-profile crashes. The Starliner flight was viewed as a much-needed win for the company. While the vehicle is still...
The Boeing 737 MAX example is not a singular case, but rather shares similarities with other engineering disasters such as the Challenger and Columbia explosions, and the ignition switch failures at General Motors each of which seem to have been at least partly the result of organizational ...