The Boeing 737 MAX Aircraft: Costs, Consequences, and Lessons from its Design, Development, and Certification

The Committee’s preliminary findings identify five central themes that affected the design, development, and certification of the 737 MAX and FAA’s oversight of Boeing. Acts, omissions, and errors occurred across multiple stages and areas of the development and certification of the 737 MAX. These themes are present throughout the investigative findings listed below.

1) Production Pressures.

2) Faulty Assumptions.

3) Culture of Concealment.

4) Conflicted Representation.

5) Boeing’s Influence Over the FAA’s Oversight.