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Boeing: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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What it is

John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on Boeing, tracing how it went from a quality engineering company to one tied to crashes and 'quality escapes'. It covers the 737 MAX failures and employee concerns about safety.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as an entertaining and thorough overview of Boeing's decline whenever the company's safety problems are in the news.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2024, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “It’s aimed at entertainment but the latest Last Week Tonight covered this and is on YouTube.”

    Entertaining segment covering the Boeing issues.

    stevenwoo, 2024-03 · Recommendation · in “U.S. is said to open criminal inquiry into Boeing”

  2. “There is a very nice episode of Last Week Tonight by John Oliver diving into it”

    Deep dive into Boeing's troubles.

    cube2222, 2024-08 · Recommendation · in “NASA announces Boeing Starliner crew will return on SpaceX Crew-9”

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Topics: boeing, 737 max, john oliver, aviation safety, corporate culture

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