Boeing’s Deadly Cover-Up: How They Got Away With It | Corporate Fraud Documentary

They got away with it. Guilty & Free documents the corporate frauds, government cover-ups, and white collar crimes that the powerful hoped you'd never find out about. Every case is real. Every fact is sourced. Every verdict is documented. —————————————————————————— Two planes fell from the sky five months apart. 346 people were killed. Boeing told investigators the pilots had failed. Internal messages obtained by Congressional investigators told a different story. Eighteen months before the first crash, a Boeing test pilot wrote that the 737 MAX was "designed by clowns, supervised by monkeys." That message was never shown to the FAA. Another message, from the same engineer, stated: "I basically lied to the regulators." Boeing paid $2.5 billion. No executive was charged. The engineer was acquitted by a jury in 2022. In 2024, two Boeing whistleblowers who had raised safety concerns about the company's manufacturing practices died — one in March, one six weeks later in April. Both died before completing their legal proceedings. The 737 MAX was recertified in 2020. It is flying today. —————————————————————————— TIMESTAMPS 0:00 — Cold open: Lion Air 610, Ethiopian 302, the clowns email 2:33 — The race: why Boeing modified instead of designing new 5:10 — The concealment: MCAS hidden from pilots to save money 7:30 — "Designed by clowns": the emails, Forkner, the acquittal 9:45 — The crashes: what the flight recorders showed 11:43 — The cover-up: $2.5 billion, no executives charged 14:12 — The whistleblowers: John Barnett and Josh Dean 16:38 — The pattern: the 737 MAX is flying right now 17:57 — CTA —————————————————————————— SOURCES & FURTHER READING House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Report (2020): transportation.house.gov — the definitive Congressional investigation DOJ Boeing deferred prosecution agreement (2021): justice.gov DOJ 2024 proposed plea deal and family response: justice.gov Mark Forkner criminal case — US District Court, Fort Worth John Barnett — Reuters and Guardian reporting, March 2024 Josh Dean — Bloomberg and Reuters reporting, April 2024 FAA 737 MAX certification delegation — GAO report 2020 Flight data recorder reports: KNKT (Indonesia) and AAIC (Ethiopia) —————————————————————————— ABOUT GUILTY & FREE We document corporate crimes, financial fraud, and government cover-ups in America and Europe. New video every week. Subscribe:    / @guiltyandfree   —————————————————————————— DISCLAIMER All information in this video is sourced from Congressional investigation reports, Department of Justice filings, court records, flight investigation reports, and investigative journalism. The deaths of John Barnett and Josh Dean have been ruled by relevant authorities as non-suspicious. Guilty & Free presents the documented facts and timelines. Nothing in this video constitutes legal advice. All individuals named are presumed innocent of any matters not yet finally adjudicated. —————————————————————————— #boeing #737max #boeingcrash #MCAS #lionair #ethiopianairlines #guiltyandfrree #corporatecrime #aviation #johnbarnett #whistleblower #boeingwhistleblower #corporatefraud #documentary #whitecollarcrime