A Boeing whistleblower speaks out
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Ed Pierson is an aviation manager who used to work on Boeing's 737 Max production line. When a door panel blew off an Alaska Airlines flight, Pierson wasn't surprised. A Boeing whistleblower speaks.
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| 0:45.6 | Last month, Alaska Airlines flight 1282 took off from Portland, Oregon toward Ontario International |
| 0:51.8 | Airport in Southern California. |
| 0:54.3 | The plane ascended through a routine first six minutes. |
| 0:58.1 | The Boeing 737 Max9 aircraft was about halfway to cruising altitude when suddenly a panel plugging an |
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