NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A suspenseful behind-the-scenes look at the dysfunction that
contributed to one of the worst tragedies in modern aviation: the 2018 and 2019 crashes of the
Boeing 737 MAX. A n "authoritative gripping and finely detailed narrative that charts the
decline of one of the great American companies" ( New York Times Book Review ) f rom the
award-winning reporter for Bloomberg. Boeing is a century-old titan of industry. It played a
major role in the early days of commercial flight World War II bombing missions and moon
landings. The planemaker remains a cornerstone of the U.S. economy as well as a linchpin in
the awesome routine of modern air travel. But 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 at Boeing? Flying Blind is the definitive exposé of the
disasters that transfixed the world. Drawing from exclusive interviews with current and former
employees of Boeing and the FAA industry executives and analysts and family members of the
victims it reveals how a broken corporate culture paved the way for catastrophe. It shows how
in the race to beat the competition and reward top executives Boeing skimped on testing
pressured employees to meet unrealistic deadlines and convinced regulators to put planes into
service without properly equipping them or their pilots for flight. It examines how the company
once a treasured American innovator became obsessed with the bottom line putting shareholders
over customers employees and communities. By Bloomberg investigative journalist Peter
Robison who covered Boeing as a beat reporter during the company’s fateful merger with
McDonnell Douglas in the late ‘90s this is the story of a business gone wildly off course. At
once riveting and disturbing it shows how an iconic company fell prey to a win-at-all-costs
mentality threatening an industry and endangering countless lives.
