Boeing, the 737 MAX Crisis and Aviation Safety: The Perils of Profit-Driven Engineering - Paperback

by Andrew Hopkins (Author)

This title explores how the pursuit of profit compromised safety principles, neglected human factors, and led to critical design failures that no one at Boeing had a complete view of. It examines the specifics of the Boeing crisis and looks at it in a broader industrial and economic context.

Author Biography

Andrew Hopkins is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. He holds a BSc and MA in Sociology from the Australian National University and a PhD in Sociology from the University of Connecticut, USA. Andrew is an honorary fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers and a life member of the Australian Institute of Health & Safety, where he received a lifetime achievement award. He served as an expert witness at the Royal Commission into the 1998 Exxon gas plant explosion and as a consultant to the U.S. Chemical Safety Board during its inquiries into the 2005 BP Texas City Refinery disaster and the 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Andrew has authored multiple books on industrial and mining disasters, with his titles selling over 100,000 copies.