The Unraveling of Boeing | The Crash | 1

Business Wars

Wondery

History, Business, David Brown, Management

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

It’s 2019 and after another deadly plane crash, Boeing finds its reputation and business in free fall. Its best-selling passenger jet, the 737 Max, is forced out of the skies and the company is forced to reckon with its mistakes.

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0:16.0	Tower, Ethiopian 302, ready for departure.
0:21.9	302, this is Tower. Please stand by.
0:24.2	March 10th, 2019, Ethiopia.
0:27.1	It's 8.37 a.m. and at Addis Ababa Bowl International Airport,
0:31.8	Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 is waiting for takeoff, and in the cockpit, Captain
0:37.0	Yared Gedachu is looking forward to an
0:39.3	uneventful flight. Outside, it's warm, and there's not a cloud in the sky.
0:44.0	302 clear for takeoff. Gaitichu glances at his co-pilot, first officer Ahmed Mohammed.
0:50.3	Ready? Ready.
0:52.4	Gatichu starts the takeoff.
0:55.3	Same routine as always.
0:56.7	Stable.
0:58.5	N1, Toga.
0:59.6	Check.
1:01.6	Takeoff thrust set.
1:02.7	Cross-checked.
1:03.9	Speed increasing.
1:10.0	Their Boeing 737 max 8 aircraft begins to move down the runway, gathering speed. Soon, the plane and the 157 people
1:13.4	on board will be heading to Nairobi. They're airborne. The ground below falls away as they
1:20.0	climb into the bright blue sky. But as they do, there's a malfunction. A sensor that checks the
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