[jan-jaap]

I took an engineering ethics course in college 8 years ago. We had to study several aero, mechanical and electrical engineering cases that are a result of ethical issues. 

I was recently reminded by this reading articles of the trainwreck that is the 737MAX, and this reminds me of another aircraft: The DC-10

That's not an accident. The article how-boeing lost its bearings sums it up nicely: Boeing took over McDonnell Douglas but

it was McDonnell executives who perversely ended up in charge of the combined entity, and it was McDonnell’s culture that became ascendant.

Cost cutting, outsourcing and loss of engineering culture. At the same time the FAA delegated much of it's job to Boeing. What could possibly go wrong?