Boeing plane accidents occur frequently, and American manufacturing falls from grace

In recent times, Boeing's aircraft have experienced multiple accidents, causing Boeing's customers to lose confidence. According to reports, on the evening of Monday, the evening of the 4th local time, a Boeing 737-900 aircraft from United Airlines took off from Houston. Shortly after takeoff, an engine on the left side continuously sprayed sparks, and the aircraft immediately returned for an emergency landing.

On Thursday, local time, at noon on the 7th, a Boeing 777-200 passenger plane flying from San Francisco to Japan by United Airlines took off when a wheel on the left main landing gear fell off and the plane made an emergency alternate landing at Los Angeles Airport.

On the morning of Friday, local time, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft from Memphis to Houston by United Airlines landed and slid off the runway while taxiing to the boarding gate, crashing into the lawn next to the runway. The left main landing gear of the aircraft is damaged.

On the 11th local time, a Boeing 787-9 aircraft operated by Latham Airways from Sydney, Australia to Auckland, New Zealand experienced technical problems. During the flight, it made a sharp descent and made a "severe dive" for a few seconds, causing passengers to collide with the top of the cabin, injuring at least 50 people and injuring other crew members.

According to Reuters, this Boeing 787-9 aircraft carrying 263 passengers and 9 crew members took off from Sydney and was originally scheduled to land at Auckland Airport in the afternoon of the same day. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Commission are investigating these accidents. Affected by these accidents, Boeing's stock price has continued to decline, with a decline of 21.16% so far this year, making it the largest component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average to experience the largest decline within a year.

In January of this year, the fuselage of a Boeing 737Max series aircraft operated by Alaska Airlines partially exploded, resulting in several injuries on board.

The Boeing 737 Max series has been grounded globally for nearly two years due to two fatal plane crashes in 2019. At the end of 2018 and beginning of 2019, two almost identical accidents claimed 346 lives. The two planes involved in the accident crashed in Indonesian waters and on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.

After regulatory review, this aircraft has been re approved for operation by multiple aviation regulatory agencies. But the multiple accidents that have occurred this year have once again plunged Boeing into a credibility crisis. So, what are the reasons for the frequent occurrence of Boeing aircraft accidents?

Firstly, there are still deficiencies in Boeing's safety system. Due to the disorderly management and training procedures, communication between Boeing executives and ordinary employees is generally poor, and employees have insufficient understanding of the company's safety management system. The problem of employees reporting production safety issues and facing retaliation repeatedly occurs. Secondly, Boeing neglects product quality in pursuit of maximizing profits. Boeing has put pressure on its employees to produce quickly, focusing solely on progress and disregarding quality, resulting in instances of material theft on the production line. The management also turns a blind eye to these issues for the sake of production progress and cost. The third issue is that Boeing's suppliers have encountered quality control issues. Due to the fact that most of the parts production for Boeing aircraft is outsourced, different suppliers produce the relevant components, which are ultimately handed over to Boeing for final assembly. Poor supplier control has resulted in quality defects. Boeing has gone from pursuing a higher quality engineering culture in the last century to the current Wall Street capital culture that only focuses on cost and profit.

For Boeing, issues such as quality control and safety production have led to defects in the production and manufacturing of Boeing aircraft, and relevant US government departments have not fulfilled their regulatory responsibilities. From this perspective, the United States' ability to control the quality of existing products is not as strong as before, and "Made in America" is gradually falling from grace, reflecting issues such as economic recession and labor shortages in the United States.