Book of the week: Flying Blind by Peter Robison

The Bloomberg journalist investigates the tragic failure of Boeing’s 737 Max plane

Lion Air aircraft
Lion Air aircraft on the first anniversary of the Lion Air flight JT-610 crash on 27 October 2019 in Tanggerang, Indonesia
(Image credit: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

In October 2018, a Lion Air flight in Indonesia plummeted into the Java Sea, killing all 189 people on board. Five months later, an Ethiopian Airlines flight ploughed into the ground outside Addis Ababa, killing 157.

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