Inside Boeing’s boardroom during the 737 Max crisis
Post Reports
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 6 May 2019
⏱️ 28 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | From the newsroom of the Washington Post. |
| 0:04.9 | Hello, hey, you. |
| 0:06.7 | Here's the Nuriza back from the Washington Post. |
| 0:08.9 | Washington Post, this is Wesley. |
| 0:10.7 | Glory, Arightani, over at the post. |
| 0:12.6 | I'm good. |
| 0:13.6 | This is Post Reports. |
| 0:15.2 | I'm Arteen Powers. |
| 0:16.4 | It's Monday, May 6. |
| 0:20.8 | Today, while the board of Boeing wasn't focused on airplane safety, the morality of horse racing |
| 0:29.3 | and the Muslim comedian on being young and religious in America. |
| 0:35.6 | Everybody's pointing their finger at somebody else. |
| 0:41.8 | The FAA over the past few years has directed more and more of the responsibility of certifying |
| 0:48.8 | new airplanes to Boeing. |
| 0:51.6 | And Boeing's directors told me on the record that they were looking at the FAA and looking |
| 0:56.9 | at the official plane certification process to be handling the safety of the plane. |
| 1:02.0 | Do we go down to the test site and watch the monitors to find out whether they're working |
| 1:07.4 | accurately? |
| 1:08.4 | No, we don't. |
| 1:09.4 | Two months ago, an airplane crashed in Ethiopia, killing all 157 people on board. |
| 1:15.7 | Since then, there has been intense scrutiny of the plane's manufacturer Boeing. |
| 1:20.4 | And there are questions whether the design of their new 737 Max-8 airplane caused this |
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