Why Boeing’s Top Airplanes Keep Failing

When a piece of an Alaska Airlines flight blew out into the sky in
January, concern and scrutiny focused once more on the plane's
manufacturer, Boeing.

Sydney Ember, a business reporter for The Times, explains what has
been learned about the incident and what the implications might be for
Boeing.

Guest: Sydney Ember , a business reporter for The New York Times.

Background reading:

The Alaska Airlines plane may have left the Boeing factory missing
bolts , the National Transportation Safety Board said. Facing another
Boeing crisis, the F.A.A. takes a harder line . For more information
on today's episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily . Transcripts of each
episode will be made available by the next workday.

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