LONGLISTED FOR THE FT BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2022 'A startling investigation of the
corporate blunders behind the tragedies that claimed the lives of 346 passengers.' - The Times
'A compelling deeply reported account written in crisp controlled anger...an indictment not
just of on of America's most celebrated companies but of an entire era.' - Financial Times 'An
authoritative gripping and finely detailed narrative that charts the decline of one of the
great American companies.' - New York Times Book Review -------- Discover the corporate scandal
that transfixed the world cost hundreds of innocent lives and almost destroyed a global
institution. Boeing is a century-old titan of industry having played a role in the early days
of commercial flight Second World War bombing missions and even moon landings. Yet in 2018 and
2019 two crashes of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 killed 346 people. The crashes exposed a shocking
pattern of malfeasance leading to the biggest crisis in the company's history - and one of the
costliest corporate scandals ever. How did things go so horribly wrong? Flying Blind is the
definitive account of the disasters that shocked the world a chilling behind-the-scenes look
at the corporate dysfunction which contributed to one of the worst tragedies in modern
aviation. It's an exposé of a reckless culture where - in a race to beat the competition and
reward top executives - Boeing skimped on testing pressured employees to meet unrealistic
deadlines and ultimately convinced regulators to put planes into the air without properly
equipping them or their pilots for flight. From award-winning Bloomberg investigative
journalist Peter Robison this is the story of a business gone wildly off course. At once
endlessly fascinating and deeply disturbing it shows how the iconic company fell prey to a
win-at-all-costs mentality threatening an industry and sacrificing countless lives. --------
'An urgent compelling and richly reported story of how the almighty profit motive supplanted a
culture of engineering excellence and the avoidable calamity that has impacted all of us as a
result.' - Brad Stone author of Amazon Unbound and The Everything Store 'A story everyone -
every consumer every citizen every worker in every industry - needs to read.' - Diana B.
Henriques NYT bestselling author of The Death of Trust and The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff
'The astoundingly well reported and beautifully told story of the downfall of what was once a
great American company. A must-read.' - Bethany McClean author of All The Devils Are Here and
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