Big questions have been raised about Boeing’s quality control after a midair cabin panel blowout from a 737 Max 9 jet in early January. Till the latest incident, Boeing was still working to rebuild public trust after more than 340 people died in two crashes of 737 Max 8 planes in 2018 and 2019. The crisis has overshadowed the company’s latest earnings report. The US aviation regulator has also blocked Boeing from expanding production of the 737 Max, the biggest source of revenue in its commercial aircraft business.

In this edition of the program, we delve into the issues that have led to Boeing’s crisis, as well as their implications for the global aviation market.

Host Ding Heng is joined by David Newberry, aviation consultant and retired captain from Cathay Pacific; Zhang Fan, Associate Professor from Beijing Normal University; Professor Liu Baocheng, Director of the Center for International Business Ethics at University of International Business and Economics.