SPECIAL | The trouble at Boeing

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🗓️ 4 April 2024

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It’s the stuff of nightmares. Shortly after takeoff in early January, a panel on an Alaska Airlines plane blew off midair. Luckily, the two seats next to that panel were empty. Not so luckily for Boeing, they are now under the microscope by regulators, while workers are coming forward, anonymously and otherwise, saying that the firm had recently been chipping away at longstanding safety practices to speed up the production process with its 737 Max. The blowback from investors, regulators and the public has been swift and isn’t even close to being over. In its pursuit of an edge over Airbus, did Boeing put profits over lives? USA TODAY Consumer Travel Reporter and author of the “Cruising Altitude” column Zach Wichter joins The Excerpt to discuss some of the many challenges Boeing faces.

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0:00.0	Wunderry Plus subscribers can listen to USA Today's The Excerpt, ad free right now.
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0:08.0	Hello and welcome to The special episode of the excerpt.
0:13.0	I'm Dana Taylor.
0:14.0	Today is April 4th, 2024, and this is a special episode of the excerpt. It's the stuff of nightmares. Shortly after takeoff in early January, a panel on an Alaskan
0:30.3	Airlines plane blew off midair.
0:33.2	Luckily, the two seats next to that panel were empty.
0:36.8	Not so luckily for Boeing, they're now under the microscope
0:40.0	by regulators, workers are coming forward,
0:42.4	anonymously and otherwise, saying that the firm
0:44.8	had recently been chipping away at longstanding safety practices to speed up the production
0:49.9	process of its 737 max. The blowback from investors, regulators, and the public
0:56.1	has been swift and isn't even close to being over. In its pursuit of an edge over
1:01.3	Airbus, did Boeing put profits over lives?
1:04.4	Here to discuss some of the issues facing Boeing is USA Today Consumer Traveler
1:09.0	reporter and author of the cruising altitude column,
1:12.8	Zach Victor.
1:14.0	Zach, thanks for joining me.
1:15.5	Yeah, my pleasure.
1:16.2	Thank you for having me on.
1:17.3	These are important questions,
1:18.8	and I'm excited for the conversation today.
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