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Turbulence at Boeing


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Boeing’s 737 Max 9 planes are flying again after the recent door-plug blowout incident that had kept the planes grounded for nearly a month. But the company’s troubles are far from over. Over the past two decades, Boeing’s reputation has been in decline. On the show today, Peter Robison, author of “Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing,” explains where things went wrong for America’s aviation giant, the 737 Max’s potential fate, and whether Boeing’s crisis could make way for a new competitor in the commercial aerospace industry.

Plus, would you let Elon Musk implant a chip in your brain? And the one-two punch at UPS.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

  • “How Did a Boeing Jet End Up With a Big Hole?” from The New York Times
      • “Boeing, not Spirit, mis-installed piece that blew off Alaska MAX 9 jet, industry source says” from The Seattle Times
          • “The Crash of Two Airplanes and the Crisis at Boeing” from The New York Times
              • “Boeing’s MAX production issues ripple across aerospace industry” from Reuters
                  • “Boeing’s latest 737 Max incident might not lose it much business” from Marketplace
                      • “Elon Musk Says Neuralink Has Implanted Brain Chip in Human” from The Wall Street Journal
                          • “Business Groups Sue California to Block Climate Disclosures” from The Wall Street Journal
                              • “UPS to Cut 12,000 Jobs and Mandate Return to Offices Five Days a Week” from The Wall Street Journal
                              • We want to hear your answer to the Make Me Smart question. You can reach us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-

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