The engineers didn't do the best job of communicating the certainty of the problem, the magnitude of the problem, etc. That's a recurring theme when management

The engineers didn't do the best job of communicating the certainty of the problem, the magnitude of the problem, etc. That's a recurring theme when management screws up badly. Intellectual honesty applied to this particular situation: 1. The management should know that the engineers are more profound in the topic than they are. 2. The management should know that lives are at stake. 3. The management should notice that the engineers take their time and argue until late at night, mentioning "death", "explosion" 4. The management should know that communication skills may vary. But management still did not act upon it, because they did not know their limits. That's their fault, nobody else's. I'm glad you take your responsibility seriously.