Netflix documentary Downfall-The Case Against Boeing leaves Grammy-winning musician Ricky Kej teary-eyed

Bengaluru-based Grammy winning musician Ricky Kej is haunted by one particular incident – one in which he, quite literally, narrowly missed death. The music man had been booked on a flight to Kenya, but made last minute changes, and, hence, was not on the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed and killed all 152 on board.

Last week, Netflix released a documentary, Downfall-The Case Against Boeing , about how plane maker Boeing allegedly prioritised profit over safety, which could have potentially caused two devastating crashes within a span of a few months. One of these was Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302.

Ricky writes, “Three years ago, I purchased a ticket on the Ethiopian Airlines flight 302, which crashed killing all 152 on board. I shiver as I write this post. I was travelling to Kenya for the United Nations Environment Assembly. At the very last minute, I was requested to take a flight 3 days earlier, even though my actual engagements were later. So, I did that. While I was in a session at the Environment Assembly, we got news that the Boeing 737 Max plane crashed. I should have been on it 🙁There were about 40 colleagues, speakers & UN Employees on that plane, who were travelling to join us. All of these people spent their lives dedicated to making our planet a better place. I am still haunted by this incident. even more so because Boeing and the FAA got away with murder, with just a few fines and a slap on the wrist.”

The musician adds, “This was the second crash of the exact same plane model in 5 months (a newly released model), which Boeing and the FAA knew at every level had a faulty disastrous design. Netflix has released a documentary called DOWNFALL - The Case Against Boeing. Since I followed the case very closely for years, I knew everything this film had to say, but even then, I was filled with tears throughout. Watch this film and see how corporate greed has erased any sign of humanity in people. How can we as humans trust our government institutions to care about us? In this case the FAA deliberately failed humanity while prioritizing corporate interests. Boeing still operates as if nothing ever happened, they still lie that safety is their primary concern. They ran multi-billion-dollar campaigns to erase this incident from people's memories. They still know that they are powerful enough to get away with murder.”