The Boeing Breakdown: How MBA Thinking Derailed an Engineering Giant| Business Case study

If you fly Akasa, SpiceJet, or Air India Express, you need to know this — Boeing planes are in trouble.

Five years ago, two Boeing 737 Max aircraft crashed, killing hundreds. The cause? A manufacturing defect. Since then, Boeing’s safety issues haven’t stopped.

In just the past year:

A door plug blew off

Loose bolts were found

A tyre fell off mid-flight

A fuel leak was reported

Imagine being on that flight — it’s terrifying.

Over 10 years, Boeing has had 970+ incidents, threatening to bankrupt what was once the world’s most trusted aircraft maker. For 80 years, Boeing symbolized safety. People used to say, “If it ain’t Boeing, I ain’t going.”

So, what went wrong?

One leadership mistake flipped Boeing’s dream run into disaster — a mistake many CEOs and founders make. To understand Boeing’s fall, you must understand the two philosophies of running a business — one builds trust, the other destroys it.