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What Has Happened to Boeing Since the 737 Max Crashes
A brief look at what has happened to Boeing since the deadly 2018 and 2019 crashes and the recent Alaska Airlines incident.
March 13, 2024
Alaska Airlines Flight Was Scheduled for Safety Check on Day Panel Blew Off
From our partners at The New York Times: The 737 Max remained in service for a day after the airline’s engineers, concerned about warning lights, scheduled it to come in for maintenance. During that period, a door plug came off in flight.
March 12, 2024
F.A.A. Audit of Boeing’s 737 Max Production Found Dozens of Issues
From our partners at The New York Times: The company failed 33 of 89 audits during an examination conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration after a panel blew off an Alaska Airlines jet in January.
March 11, 2024
Boeing’s Safety Culture Faulted by F.A.A. in New Report
From our partners at The New York Times: The report by a group of experts was commissioned at the behest of Congress and in response to fatal crashes involving 737 Max jets in 2018 and 2019.
February 26, 2024
Boeing 737 Max Official Is Out as Questions Linger on Mishap
From our partners at The New York Times: The head of the factory making Max jets is leaving the company as it faces scrutiny of an incident that left a hole in a plane’s fuselage in flight.
February 21, 2024
Facing Another Boeing Crisis, the F.A.A. Takes a Harder Line
The latest crisis involving a 737 Max jet is once again prompting scrutiny of the Federal Aviation Administration’s oversight of Boeing.
February 5, 2024
Boeing, Still Recovering From Max 8 Crashes, Faces a New Crisis
From our partners at The New York Times: The incident on an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 plane is likely to increase Boeing’s costs and scrutiny of the manufacturer by regulators, airlines and travelers.
February 5, 2024
‘Not Where We Need to Be’: Boeing to Make Changes in Quality Control
From our partners at The New York Times: The plane manufacturer said it would add additional inspections, including at the supplier of a panel that blew off during a recent Alaska Airlines flight.
January 15, 2024
The Troubled History of Boeing’s 737 Max Jet
Amid the temporary grounding of some Boeing 737 Max jets, revisit FRONTLINE and The New York Times’ 2021 documentary ‘Boeing’s Fatal Flaw.’
January 9, 2024
FRONTLINE Wins 4 News & Documentary Emmy Awards
Three FRONTLINE documentaries and an interactive investigation were honored at this year's News & Documentary Emmy Awards on Sept. 28 & 29, 2022.
September 28, 2022
Watch 2021’s 10 Most-Streamed New FRONTLINE Documentaries
As another tumultuous year winds down, explore the 10 most-streamed FRONTLINE documentaries released in 2021.
December 21, 2021
Senate Whistleblower Report: After Boeing 737 Max Crashes, Problems with FAA Oversight Continue
A whistleblower who is cited in the newly released Senate report, Joe Jacobsen, had also spoken out in the documentary ‘Boeing’s Fatal Flaw.’
December 14, 2021