. >> reporter: passengers aboard one southwest flight didn't even know that they were on a max fleet plane. everyone seemed to relieved that the planes are out of the air and on the ground for now. united flight 1850 to houston was one of the last boeing 737 max planes on land in the united states after president trump grounded the fleet. >> any plane currently in the air will go to its destination and thereafter be grounded. until further notice. >> reporter: it may go down as the one time in aviation history where travellers applauded kanz ligzs. >> i'd rather be stuck here than take off and never land. >> reporter: calls to ground the fleet rose to a fever pitch on capitol hill this week, receiving rare bipartisan support. >> i'm advising members of my own family and friends, they ought to change planes. >> reporter: sunday's deadly crash was the second of the max fleet in just five months. the crashes were remarkably sim investigators believe a faulty sensor caused an automated system new to the max to push the nose of the plane down two dozen times before pilots lost control. >>

lawmakers also asked why took the us days before it grounded boeing‘s 700 37 max fleet. in defending its decision, the faa said it took action only when there was up—to—date satellite information which showed a similar trajectory to the two planes that crashed. the united states and canada were the two countries and that‘s important, the ones that grounded it. when you ground aircraft for a reason, then you have something by which to underground them and when you‘ve mitigated that all solved it or found that link. there is no question the reputation that the united states being the leader of aviation safety has been badly damaged, both in the eyes of the world and by the american people. 0ur usually taken alerted by a colleague, working independently. professor anna steck gathered three beanbags of this stuff from the streets and flats around grand belltower. stuff from the streets and flats around grand belltowerlj stuff from the streets and flats around grand belltower. i would say this stuff is definitely not good for touching and having close to your mouth or

three seven max fleet meanwhile boeing says it has no new guidance for the operators of this aircraft ok so safety is of course an important for boeing is it and there's the airline type the boeing seven thirty seven is a work force for so many airlines around the world what do you tell us about the max version well it's a new generation of this type of plane it's boeing's fastest selling plane about three hundred fifty. models are in operation right now more than five thousand has been ordered because it's supposed to be more fuel efficient it also features and software so it's it's somewhat represents not only the future of flying for boeing but also the future for the company now this is the second time this exact same type of aircraft as crash from salt lion airlines them to but what four five months ago a similar crash there is there any link or is it too early to talk about that is quite early to talk about that however there are similarities that are hard to ignore both were virtually brand new planes apart from the fact that it's the very same type of plane both brand new both

grounding the boeing 737 max fleet after donald trump suspends the flames. southwest, american and united are impacted disrupting travel for thousands of passengers. the order coming after two just crashed in less then he or killing hundreds of people. threatening to veto the resolution to end the national emergency declaration just hours from now. the senate will vote on the issue. 5 republicans said they would vote with democrats. lori laughlin released on bond, charged in the latest college admission bribery scandal, the largest one in us history. laughlin and her husband accused of bribing the university of southern california admitting their daughters as part of the rowing team. he is due in court at the end of the month. fox news alert breaking overnight. new york city mob boss gunned down outside his home. gambino family leader frankie callie shot several times and staten island. the gunman sped away in a blue pickup truck and is on the run at this hour. unclear if it was a mafia hit or rogue gunman. he is the highest-ranking mobster killed in new yor

sitting in this yard is southwest airlines' entire fleet of boeing 737 max planes. southwest canceled almost 3,000 flights since the faa grounded the entire max fleet following two deadly crashes in six months. first in the waters off indonesia and the second earlier this month in ethiopia. the airline says it has reduced its current flight schedule through april 20th and is evaluating future schedule reductions. >> it's certainly creating four and lack of confidence in boeing customers and those that trust the faa. >> reporter: southwest is the largest carrier at both mineta san jose and oakland international and travelers like the wisemans from seattle are sweating their flights home. >> the return flight we did get a notification that one of the planes that was connecting is a max 8. >> or whatever it is, yeah. >> so we haven't seen anything yet as to if it's canceled or rescheduled. >> reporter: but the wisemans and others are happy not to be flying on the flawed aircraft. >> i'm glad actually they did cancel the plane, definitely do not want to be flying on tha

the usa was the last country to ground the boeing 737 max fleet. >> reporter: so today it has been a messy air travel day because we'veea had bader moving across the country with hundreds of flights cancelled and the in addition the entire 737 max fleet is grounded. we talked to the faa administrator today th're under pressure. the question is why were they the last in the world to ground the plane and t are they cozy with the airlines and boeing. theyaid absolutely not but we have to have a close relationship because we're all saming f same goal, and that is safety. we'll have a complete wrap up on this on nbc "nightly news" a we try to determine how this affects all of us traveling. >> you'll see more of tom's reporting including why the max fleet could be out of service for a while. >>> locked up and forced into sobriety, that's the reality for inmates who battle addictions. many return to drugs or alcohol when they get out of jail but thathanging in fairfax county. only on news4, northern virginia bureau reporter davidulver takes us inside the jail where the sheriff is taking a f

iceland is only one of the lines grounding their seven three seven max fleets by grounding its three max eight aircraft until further notice no we also grounded its fleet of eighteen citing european aviation authorities of the three hundred seventy four seven three seven max airplanes currently in operation around the world some forty percent of now being grounded more than twenty year lines of ground of the plane including norwegian german travel group two we found a number of around the world have only just started building their fleets. and the e.u. has now added to the growing amount of airspace close to the new boeing plane as a global team of investigators looks for parallels with the crash in indonesia just five months ago. boeing stocks have shed billions since monday but analysts say ultimately they expect things to normalize so number one we think that the boeing planes are safe we think that. a directive to pilots on how to handle the software . there is ways to override the system american airlines. believe the plane saved we expect the order book to be largely intact u.s

iceland is only one of the lines grounding their seven three seven max fleets by grounding its three max eight aircraft until further notice norwegian airlines also grounded its fleet of eighteen citing european aviation authorities of the three hundred seventy four seven three seven max airplanes currently in operation around the world some forty percent of now being grounded more than twenty year lines of ground of the plane including norwegian german travel group two we found a number around the world have only just started building their fleets. and the e.u. has now added to the growing amount of airspace close to the new boeing plane as a global team of investigators looks for parallels with the crash in indonesia just five months ago. boeing stocks of said billion since monday but analysts say ultimately they expect things to normalize so number one we think that the boeing planes are safe we think that boeing director pilots on how to handle the software . there's ways to override the system american airlines. believe the plane saved we expect the order book to be largely inta

three max eight aircraft until further notice norwegian airlines also grounded its fleet of eighteen citing european aviation authorities after three hundred seventy four seven three seven max airplanes currently in operation around the world some forty percent of now being grounded more than twenty year lines of grounded the plane including norwegian german travel group two e. and a number around the world have only just started building their fleets. and the e.u. has now added to the growing amount of airspace close to the new boeing plane as a global team of investigators looks for parallels with the crash in indonesia just five months ago. boeing stocks have said billion since monday but analysts say ultimately they expect things to normalize so number one we think that the boeing planes are safe we think that. a directive to pilots on how to handle the software . there is ways to override the system american airlines. believe the plane saved we expect the order book to be largely intact u.s. carriers say they will continue operating the planes as normal for now but pressure is g

max eight aircraft until further notice norwegian airlines also grounded its fleet of eighteen citing european aviation authorities of the three hundred seventy four seven three seven max airplanes currently in operation around the world some forty percent of now being grounded more than twenty year lines of ground of the plane including norwegian german travel group two e and a number of around the world have only just started building their fleets and the e.u. has now added to the growing amount of air space close to the new boeing plane as a global team of investigators looks for parallels with the crash in indonesia just five months ago. boeing stocks of said billion since monday but analysts say ultimately they expect things to normalize so we think. we think that. there is ways to. save we expect the order book to be largely intact u.s. carriers say they will continue operating the planes as normal for now but pressure is growing on earth already is there to take action over the boeing seven three seven max eight many airlines are citing customers frightened by sunday's ethiopia

a low china has grounded its entire boeing seven three seven max fleet a day after an ethiopian airlines plane crashed killing all one hundred fifty seven people on board a team of experts from the u.s. is heading for ethiopia to try to work out what caused the new plane to go down the jet plunged into the ground minutes after taking off it is the second boeing seven three seven max crash in six months the plane had left from madison for the kenyan capital nairobi from there catherine sawyer reports. nothing much is left but fragments of eighty three zero two at the crash scene nathu pia's eastern town off the shelf to the plane went down just six minutes after takeoff from international airport in the capital addis ababa prime minister ahmed was at the scene alia his office was a fast to tweet about the crash expressing condolences to those who had lost their loved ones one hundred fifty seven people while on board non-survivors among the most affected as you may expects is kenya which had a boat that had to pose a dozen boat out of the one forty nine passengers. it's an emotional time

boeing is now pushing a software upgrade for the max fleet to fis sues with that anti-stall system that may have contributed to the indonesia crash last october. tonight the company says it supports temporarily gt unding the out of an abundance of caution and in order to reassure the flying public of t aircraft's safety. m but how soon t 8 and 9 fly again will likely depend on what investigators learn from the black boxes and a detail analysis of the wreckage. >> tom joining us now. tom, typically -- we've seen groundings before. edtypically a flaw is dete the airlines are told you fix it and the plane can go back in the air. what are they telling them this time since there's no flaw that's formally beendentified? >> the fre investigative agency to begin with says it expects the black boxes sometime tomorrow. they're damaged so reviewing them could take some time. listening carefully to the conversations between the pilots and then getting a readout on the flight data, that should include everything from engine r pence to the plane's altitude, air speed, heading, pitch, the rudder and f

iceland air is only one of the airlines grounding their seven three seven max fleets by grounding its three max eight aircraft until further notice norwegian airlines also grounded its fleet of eighteen citing european aviation authorities of the three hundred seventy four seven three seven max airplanes currently in operation around the world some forty percent of now being grounded more than twenty year lines have grounded the plane including norwegian german travel group two e and a number of around the world have only just started building their fleets. and the e.u. has now added to the growing amount of airspace close to the new boeing plane as a global team of investigators looks for parallels with the crash in indonesia just five months ago. boeing stocks have shed billions since monday but analysts say ultimately they expect things to normalize so number one we think that the boeing planes are save we think that boeing said a directive to pilots on how to handle the software play into it there is ways to override the system american airlines. and united also believe the plane

the airline has announced its grounding at seven thirty seven max fleet and other countries are following suit the same boeing model crashed just five months ago in indonesia. as investigators look into the air plane's flight recorders people around the world are hoping for answers to why their loved ones didn't make it home. and for more on this tragedy now i'm joined by the journalist . standing by for us in addis ababa good to see you ask you we know that these black boxes have been recovered do we know any more about the cause of the crash tonight. you know at the moment well you know what is that there is some relief after the recovery of the black boxes because now that you've been elements and at that and even at the citizens are saying that now it would be easy to get a guy playing to where the investigations should flow because though they can be able to get to the audio recording of the of the pilot maybe he's fast of the search and their fleet i mean the fleet professionals on board and they can also be able to understand what really happened before the last why it's to guide t

boeing is now pushing a software upgrade for the max fleet to fix issues with that anti-stall system that may have contributed to the indonesia crash last october. tonight the company says it supports temporarily grounding the fleet out of an abundance of caution and in order to reassure the flying public of the aircraft's safety. but how soon the max 8 and 9 fly again will alwreckage. >> tom joining us now. tom, typically -- we've seen groundings before. typically a flaw is detected, the airlines are told you fix it and the plane can go back in the air. what are they telling them this time since there's no flaw that's formally been identified? >> the french investigative agency to begin with says it expects the black boxes sometime tomorrow. they're damaged so reviewing them could take some time. listening carefully to the conversations between the pilots and then getting a readout on the flight data, that should include everything from engine performance to the plane's altitude, air speed, heading, pitch, the rudder and flap positions, all of that. so identifying a potential proble

this fleet of 737 max-8s were supposed to run difffferent routes. it is also trying to show its passengersrs it -- that it care. grounding the fleet does not meet -- does not mean they won't go back and the skies. but at the moment, no one wants to be on those planes. brent: this story getting a lot of international attention. what has been the reaction from the ethiopian government? >> they must have been the most shocked. they wouldn't think an aircrcrat would happen only 50 kilometers from the capital. the prime minister was the first one to tweet even before ethiopian n airlines. he said of condodonce messagages before ethiopian airlines did. it shows you the fast reaction. wewe know there were 17 ethihios on board, apart from the crewmembers. there were other citizens who are flying to nairobi or connecting to other flights. they can't believe it. we have flags flying at cap -- half-mast. today was a day of mourning. the media here is showinin pictures o of candles and messas of condolence and hope. it has touched eacach and every passenger. br

iceland air is only one of the lines grounding their seven three seven max fleets by grounding its three max eight aircraft until further notice no we today are lines also grounded its fleet of eighteen citing european aviation authorities of the three hundred seventy four seven three seven max airplanes currently in operation around the world some forty percent of now being grounded more than twenty year lines of ground of the plane including norwegian german travel group two e. and a number around the world have only just started building their fleets. and the e.u. has now added to the growing amount of airspace close to the new boeing plane as a global team of investigators looks for parallels with the crash in indonesia just five months ago. boeing stocks have said billion since monday but analysts say ultimately they expect things to normalize so number one we think that the boeing planes are safe we think. a directive to pilots on how to handle the software. there is ways to override the system american airlines. believe the plane saved we expect the order book to be largely intact

boeing has temporarily grounded its entire 737 max fleet as new details emerge from the crash site in ethiopia. prosecutors in northern ireland will announce today whether former soldiers are to be charged over the killings on bloody sunday. let's talk you through how the media is digestive in the latest news with regards to brexit and some of the other stories as well. we begin with the financial times. it says theresa may has issued an ultimatum to mps to vote on her dealfor a third time or risk a lengthy delay to brexit. the daily telegraph, and its headline — "brexit delayed until further notice." it points the finger at four cabinet ministers who abstained from taking part in the no deal vote last night. the view from europe in a leading spanish paper now. it says, "brussels loses patience" and poses the question — an extension for what? ie, what is the deal? the bbc news website's been across a major online outage. we have mentioned it already. some facebook, whatsapp and instagram users across the world are experiencing problems on the platforms. that's more from dave lee.

with these top stories ethiopia and china have grounded their entire boeing seven three seven max fleets a day after. planes crashed killing all one hundred fifty seven people on board the jet went down just minutes after taking off from addis ababa on its way to nairobi catherine soy has more from kenya and a lot of questions were being raised by these relatives they are asking when are they going to get the bodies of their loved ones that they can bury and they were being explained to that this is a very delicate process all of the bodies were badly charred so there has to be a very deadly kate identification process before the bodies are brought home one of the women on trial accused of killing the hof brother of north korea's leader kim jong un has been freed malaysian prosecutors withdrew the murder charge against indonesian suspects as she'd been charged along with vietnamese national. marrying a toxic nerve agent. face a court in two thousand and seventeen. algerian state television says president. has arrived back home after getting medical treatment in switzerland he's facing ma

within months the whole fleet to be grounded worldwide. boeing continues to build a seven three seven months but stopped deliveries until further notice order books are full one hundred clients of put in orders for nearly five thousand planes the company itself the grounding of the seven three seven max fleet critics say what took you so long also the f.a.a. is now under fire for taking too much time to ground the planes in the u.s. . what is it about these and craft what caused the boeing macs crashes in ethiopia and indonesia and why did the u.s. aviation authority the f.a.a. wait so long to implement its ban after almost all of the aviation authorities had introduced. i think that the f.a.a. was too slow by about twenty four hours on the aviation authorities were quick out but then the f.a.a. is to the white house which in turn has been in close contact with boeing it's time for an explanation the president i have talked about that very frank and i will tell you this planes are far more complex he's right about that but i think most avi

seven thirty seven max planes have now been grounded china and indonesia grounded their entire fleets today tonight the u.s. air safety regulatory authority the f.a.a. says that the seven thirty seven max is airworthy boeing's seven thirty seven max is the most common plane in the sky anywhere the seven thirty seven max is the fastest selling plane in history five thousand on order three hundred fifty in service each with a price tag of a hundred twenty one million u.s. dollars determining the cause of the crashes is now about more than saving lives boeing shares some of their sharpest drop monday since two thousand and one our first report tonight takes us to the latest crash site. remembering the dead families and ethiopian pilots and crew remember the lives lost in sunday's crash. earlier at the crash site red cross workers retrieve the personal items of those on board while investigators recover the wreckage. a large crater marks the spot of impact eyewitnesses describe the horror of the crash and the aftermath. fire was coming out from its tail and then it tried to lift its nose

seven thirty seven max planes have now been grounded china and indonesia grounded their entire fleets today tonight the u.s. air safety regulatory authority the f.a.a. says that the seven thirty seven max is airworthy boeing's seven thirty seven max is the most common plane in the sky anywhere the seven thirty seven max is the fastest selling plane in history five thousand on the order three hundred fifty in service each with a price tag of a hundred twenty one million u.s. dollars determining the cause of the crashes is now about more than saving lives boeing shares saw their sharpest drop monday since two thousand and one our first report tonight takes us to the latest crash site. i remembering the dead families and ethiopian pilots and crew remember the lives lost in sunday's crash. earlier at the crash site red cross workers retrieve the personal items of those on board while investigators recover the wreckage. a large crater marks the spot of impact eyewitnesses describe the horror of the crash and the aftermath the. fire was coming out from its tail and then it tried to lift its

fleet grounded attention is now also turning to aviation regulators the question how could such a radically different flight control system be certified without appropriate retraining and briefing of the pilots. the boeing seven three seven max eight took off was a huge success story five thousand dollars three hundred seventy delivered aircraft to date but now they're all sitting on the ground it's going from box office hit to jinxed contraption the plane makers try to limit the damage with the video the tragic losses of ethiopian airlines flight three zero two and why an air flight six turned affect us all we join the world with heavy hearts grieving. the condolences alone won't be enough boeing is now the subject of an investigation and suspicion is that the company pursued profits at the expense of safety. pilots say they received no training on a flight simulator. were provided fifty six minute i pad. which we could accomplish at home or wherever we chose to because it was advertised as an aircraft that was virtually the same you add additional information to school systems that we did

the airline has announced its grounding at seven thirty seven max fleet and other countries are following suit the same boeing model crashed just five months ago in indonesia. as investigators look into the airplane's flight recorders people around the world are hoping for answers to why their loved ones didn't make it home. and for more on this now i'd like to bring in aviation commentator julian bray he joins us tonight from cambridge in the u.k. mr bray it's good to have you on the show the boeing seven thirty seven max eight version it be is considered the work course for many airlines and it's already received a lot of attention let me ask you would we be this concerned if we were looking at two crashes involving a different model or an air bus manufacturer aircraft i mean is there something special about the about what we're looking at with this boeing seven thirty seven max. very interesting question because this particular aircraft was actually breaking all the rules it is in theory should be able to fly it's got too few changes right at the front of the aircraft well away from th

the airline has announced its grounding at seven thirty seven max fleet and other countries are following suit the same boeing model crashed just five months ago in indonesia. as investigators look into the airplane's flight recorders people around the world are hoping for answers to why their loved ones didn't make it home. and for more on this now i'd like to bring in aviation commentator julian brady joins us tonight from cambridge in the u.k. mr bray it's good to have you on the show the boeing seven thirty seven max eight version it be is considered the work course for many airlines and it's already received a lot of attention let me ask you would we be this concerned if we were looking at two crashes involving a different model or an air bus manufacturer aircraft i mean is there something special about the about what we're looking at with this boeing seven thirty seven max. it's very interesting question because this particular aircraft was actually breaking all the rules. in theory should be able to fly too few changes right at the front of the aircraft well away from the wings not

the airline has announced its grounding at seven thirty seven max fleet and other countries are following suit the same boeing model crashed just five months ago in indonesia. as investigators look into the airplane's flight recorders people around the world are hoping for answers to why their loved ones didn't make it home. and for more on this now i'd like to bring in aviation commentator julian bray he joins us tonight from cambridge in the u.k. mr bray it's good to have you on the show the boeing seven thirty seven max eight version it is considered the work course for many airlines and it's already received a lot of attention let me ask you would we be this concerned if we were looking at two crashes involving a different model or an air bus manufacturer aircraft i mean is there something special about the about what we're looking at with this boeing seven thirty seven max. it's very interesting question because this particular aircraft was actually breaking all the rules. in theory should be able to fly is called to huge changes right at the front of the aircraft well away from the

fleet other airlines particularly the ones from the united states which also heavily invested in this program are saying well we have we're monitoring the situations but we do have faith in the technology. you mentioned china and the seven three seven fleet they operate china's own aviation industry benefit from this tragedy ultimately it might it's hard to say nowadays because the chinese have used market is expanding so rapidly there is so much growth there that the two giants boeing and airbus are having trouble catering this demand as it is. so there is already chinese competition waiting in the wings there is the coal mark c. nine one nine which is a mid-range jet that has been entirely developed and designed and built in china and it is in the final stages of testing now and it does get a boost from beijing because the government has ordered all major jainas carriers to order at least twenty of these planes so yeah if we look at china it is a growing market which boeing and airbus are trying to cater to but are having difficulties because of the rapid expansion as if these have

. >>> new fallout for southwest airlines tonight since the faa grounded the entire boeing 737 max fleet. the airline is reducing service through may. southwest's largest carrier, so far they have canceled almost 3000 flights because of the grounded aircraft. >>> santa clara county is reporting a second case of measles, just this week. health officials say the latest person was infected while traveling overseas. they're now reaching out to anyone who could of been exposed while that person was contagious. cruz.>>>s is a special ca de la 10:30 for the deadly violence outside of the west oakland bar station tonight, devin fehely reports a 16-year-old has been arrested, accused of shooting a teenage girl. >> reporter: there still so much we don't know about what happened here last night for the details we do have are deeply disturbing about an hour before midnight, the 16-year- old boy gunned down a 17-year- old girl. >> we have a female victim and he is starting cpr. >> reporter: the 17-year-old girl knew her attacker and while the shooting happened in the parking lot of the west oakland s

the airline has announced its grounding at seven thirty seven max fleet and other countries are following suit the same boeing model crashed just five months ago in indonesia. as investigators look into the airplane's flight recorders people around the world are hoping for answers to why their loved ones didn't make it home. so here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world that u.s. backed syrian forces say they're making slow advances into the last village held by islamic state jihad this a spokesman says that troops are battling militants holed up in underground tunnels in bonn goose near the iraqi border in eastern syria the offensive resumed build sunday after a deadline for militants to surrender expired u.s. president donald trump's twenty twenty budget proposal has been delivered you see it right there to capitol hill he's seeking eight point six billion u.s. dollars for his mexico border wall as well as increased spending on defense he's also looking for big cuts to non-defense spending like environmental and welfare programs japan is marking th

fleet grounded attention is now also turning to aviation regulators the question how could such a radically different flight control system be certified without appropriate retraining and briefing of the pilots. the boeing seven three seven max eight took off was a huge success story five thousand dollars three hundred seventy delivered aircraft to date but now they're all sitting on the ground it's going from box office hit to jinxed contraption the plane makers try to limit the damage with the video the tragic losses of ethiopian airlines flight three zero two and why an air flight six turned affect us all we join the world with heavy hearts grieving. with condolences alone won't be enough boeing is now the subject of an investigation and suspicion is that the company pursued profits at the expense of safety. pilots say they received no training on a flight simulator. were provided fifty six minute i pad. which we could accomplish at home or wherever we chose to because it was advertised as an aircraft that was virtually the same you add additional information systems that we didn't know

the airline has announced its grounding of seven thirty seven max fleet and other countries are following suit the same boeing model crashed just five months ago in indonesia as investigators look into the airplane's flight recorders people around the world are hoping for answers to why their loved ones didn't make it home. let's go to nairobi or they will be funded corresponded to melody. welcome melody so a day on what is the mood that yes i'm here at the airport where the fight e.t. three zero two was expected to arrive yesterday of course it didn't and here as well as in the rest of the city you can really feel that all of kenya is mourning asking the question what happened we've been waiting for updates all day long but the has been very little information because there hasn't been a major development we have learned though that the families will be told later this week when the bodies of their loved ones can be returned and buried and of course the two black boxes have been found in ethiopia so now that those data recorders have been recovered what happens next. yes they have been r

fleets a day off any. plane crashed killing all one hundred seven people on board the jet went down just minutes after taking off from out of a on its way to nairobi in kenya by catherine soy has more and a lot of questions were being raised by these relatives they are asking when are they going to get the bodies of their loved ones that they can bury and they will begin explaining to that this is a very delicate process all of the bodies were badly charred so there has to be a very deadly cait identification process before the bodies are brought home. some of the passengers on the plane way u.n. staff going to attend a meeting in nairobi delegates at the world and vironment conference observed a minute's silence in memory of those who died. one of the women on trial accused of killing the half brother of north korea's leader kim jong un has been freed and prosecutors withdrew the charge against indonesian suspects. a vietnamese codefendant is still on trial they were accused of poisoning with a toxic nerv

and it comes two days after boeing grounded the entire 737 max fleet. joining me now is les abahend. he is the author of "paper wi s wings." will they finish studying the software before this gets a chance to roll out? >> i think it will run concurrently. it takes a little while to analyze that data and put it in the machine. france has incredible technology. pretty much the same as the ntsb. i'm curious myself why this software update is going to be the magic or silver bullet that cures it all. i think if that is the case and the march 25th software update is to occur, it will take time once that is approved by the faa to install in all of the fleets. it would behoove boeing to come out and make a public statement. >> could we expect to see that max 8 back in use before we get a final report on the black box data? is that safe? >> i think we can expect to see it because there is enough evidence apparently according to the faa and their statement the other day that they have a good idea of what occurred and what caused this crash. it is still preliminar

. >> we catch one of the last boeing 737 max planes allowed to land in the bay area, with the fleet grounded, what is next for passengers? >>> we begin with breaking news going on in san leanveshooting erupted outside of thrift store. >> just before 5:00 at 162nd avenue and east 14th street. >> reporter: tonight, one man dead, woman injured after that shooting. authorities tell us the call came in at about 4:40 this afternoon, originally reported as a theft at a thrift store. when authorities got to the scene, they located the suspect's car, a dark suv, parked in the lot with a man a woman inside. deputy spoke to both of them but authorities say when he went to run their play, that is when the man through the car in reverse and drove toward the deputy and his motorcycle. three deputies open fire, spraying the car, killing the man inside. the woman has been taken to the hospital with gun shot wound. >> everything seemed somewhat okay and it wasn't okay because the suspect but the car reverse at a high rate of speed to try to get out of there. >> reporter: there was also a dog inside the car t

the airline has announced its grounding at seven thirty seven max fleet and other countries are following suit the same boeing model crashed just five months ago in indonesia as investigators look into the air plane's flight recorders people around the world are hoping for answers to why their loved ones didn't make it home. and for more on this tragedy now i'm joined by the journalist colletto one show he's standing by for us in addis ababa it is good to see you want to ask you we know that these black boxes have been recovered do we know any more about the cause of the crash to not know at the moment well you know what is that it is some relief after the recovery of the black boxes because not been elements and that and even the citizens are saying that not it would be easy to get a guideline to what decisions should flow because over the can be able to get to the audio recording of the of the pilot maybe he's fast as he said and their feet i mean the fleet professionals on board and they can also be able to understand what really happened before the last while it's got them what you ha

. >> reporter: this morning as the 737 max fleet remains grounded amid multiple investigations, new details about last october's lion air crash that killed all 189 people on board. according to three people with knowledge of the jeat relsed voice recorder, as the pilots of th 737 max were scrambling to keep control of the plane, they began sourcing a handbook struggling to understand why the jet was lurching downwards running out of time before hitting the water in indonesia. nbc news did n have access to the recording or the transcript. it comes asti new informa is released about another 737 max 8 flight just day before the lion air crash where pilots got help from an unexpected source as that jet began diving downward, an offduty pilot who happened to be riding in the cockpitorrectly diagnosed the problem telling the crew how to disable a malfunctioning flight control system called mcas and save the plane. investigators examining this month's indonesia crash are considering just how a computer ordered the plane to dive in response to data from a faulty sensor and whether the pilots had en

. >> reporter: with the world's 737 max fleet grounded, a grand jury is investigating the development of the max. understaffed and underfunded, much of that process delegated to boeing itself. >> there is always a risk of delegating some of your direct certification authority over the aircraft design but you need the manufacturer's expertees. >> reporter: on line, they say the goal is to identify best practice and oversight. i asked the acting faa chief. >> did your interaction in any way lead you to delay the decision to ground these planes. >> french investigators said clear similarities were noted between the planes before they crashed. bad sensors or a software glitch and new software installed forced the plane down. pilots weren't told about mcat untilen an ipad course to follow. before they were grounded, american airline pilots stood by the plane. they want simulator time. >> we don't want another ipad course. we take this too seriously. >> boeing continues to stand by the plane and certification. they plan to push a software upgrade. that will not be enough to get this plane b

., southwest and american airlines which operate two of the largest 737 max fleets are still flying them. in an update to airlines, the faa says it does not have enough data from sunday's crash to take action yet but will if the investigation indicates the need to do so. >> there's no reason that the faa should be trying to save face. >> reporter: democratic senator richard blumenthal is among others who is calling for the planes to be grounded right away. >> they ought to change planes, change flights, change airlines, whatever they need to do to avoid flying on these 737s. >> reporter: on monday, flight attendant's unions pushed back. >> we need to hear from the faa with transparency here about what steps they're taking to address the concerns of the public and the crews who are working on these planes. >> reporter: some passengers are worried, too. >> i am looking at making sure that i'm not going to put myself on a 737. >> say a little prayer and got here safe. >> reporter: ross ammer is a retired airline captain who flew an older version of the 737. >> we don't know if this is the s

fleet. the u.s. and canadian 737 max fleet that's still flying. even air mexico has grounded their fleet. i can tell you that moments ago, the flight attendants union for american airlines called on the ceo of american airlines to ground the fleet. the faa, however, has insisted all along it does not see any reason to do this. it doesn't see any data that would require that or essentially justify the action. boeing has said all along it believes the plane is safe. listen, american airline and southwest airline and united and the canadian airlines who fly it, they all say this is a safe plane. there is now this momentum that is rolling across the globe like we haven't seen in a long time to ground the 737 max until we know why. two 737 max 8s crashed within the past five months. the concern is there may be something in common between these two accidents. we don't know what the block boxes say. if there's any common link you can imagine the faa has said they'll act very quickly to put the fleet down. i would stress that everybody on this side of the

. >>> president trump has ordered all of going's 737 max fleet to be grounded. decision comes after last week's deadly ethiopian airlines crash with the 737 max eight. ahead of the announcement major airlines grounded their fleet at airports in several countries. the new decision is impacting travelers at sfo. >> reporter: as the announcement was made by president trump, there were still going 737 max plains bound for the bay area. with the statement from the house the boeing 737 max eight and nine were pulled for service spent any plane currently in the air will go to its destination and thereafter be grounded. until further notice. the announcement came after many other countries, including canada, grounded the planes. after days of statements like this on capitol hill. >> i'm advising members of my own family and friends to change planes. >> reporter: calls to ground the plane came after the weekend crash of that model of ethiopia, called killing all 157 people on board. it was the second deadliest crash in a month. >> boeing is an incredible company. they ar

. >> reporter: with the world's 737 max fleet grounded, a grand jury is investigating the development of the max. understaffed and underfunded, much of that process delegated to boeing ielf. there is always a risk of delegating some of d yourect certification authority over the aircraft design but you need the manufacturer's expertees. >> reporter:n line, they say the goal is to identify best practice and oversight. i asked the acting faa chief. >> did your interaction in any way lead you to delay the decision to ground theseplanes. >> french investigators said clear similarities were noted between the planes before they crashed. bad senso or a stware glitch and new software installed forced the plane down. pilots weren't told about mcat until after the crash then given an ipad course tore follow. behey were grounded, american airline pilots stood by the plane. they want simulator time. >> we don't wantnother ipad course. we take this too seriously. >> boeing continues to stand by the plane and certification. they plan to push a software upgrade. that will not be enough to get this pl

boeing 737 max fleet out of an abundance of caution american airlines has 24 aircraft affected by the directive and they go on to say our teams will be working to rebook customers as quickly as possible we apologize for any inconvenience. right now over u.s. air space there are 28 737 max 8s and eight 737 max 9s those will be under this order from the white house to be grounded when they reach their destination and the question will be, how will the airlines go about accommodating these passengers there are leasing companies but other airlines have already gone ahead and brought in leased aircraft at this point for instance norwegian air bringing in a dreamliner to accommodate passengers leaving the united states for dublin. >> thank you for the update. boeing shares by the way turned around on the news they were higher, set to break their losing streak. now lower 1.5% loss of market cap, a $40 billion over the past few sessions let's bring in phil lebeau who covers the stock and the industry and on the phone right now. phil, about what this is all going to mean for boeing and what th

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so there are as i count something like 55 to 60% of the global 737 max fleet is now grounded. for the most part it is flying in the united states and in canada. boeing is standing behind the plane. the faa says at the moment they see no reason to ground the plane. the airlines here in north america believe it is a good plane and have not seen any issues with it. but this cascade of countries and airlines now taking this action is quite amazing. moments ago i talked to the former secretary of transportation under president obama, ray lahood. he reminds us that he grounded the 787 when they were having battery fire problems. you may recall he grounded the plane over objections of boeing and the faa. he said he's glad he did and he would grounding the 737 max now because he said we can't afford to have another one fall out of the sky. boeing says all of their engineers believe this plane is safe. i should make the point the faa does say it's going to mandate a change in the software design on the 737 max by the end of april. boeing says we were already working on that, faa is awa

more countries are grounding their fleets of boeing 737 max jets. that is after the model was involved in two deadly crashes within a five month. -- five month period. what is the latest -- i know it is a developing story, but what we know so far about who is grounding these planes? morning wasews this that singapore industrial yet have joined china and some airlines in south america in grounding these planes. that doesn't mean they have done so because they have new information on why the plane crashed and whether it was similar to the plane that crashed last year in indonesia. the u.s.the faa, regulator and boeing are saying that position right now is that this aircraft is safe. that sets up a bit of tension. clearly, other countries and airlines acting first of caution. on the other hand, until we know otherwise, the manufacture insisting the plane is safe. anna: that is what we are hearing from boeing and the faa. what about the investigation? chris: unfortunately, that is the frustrating thing. there has been a lot of speculation about whether

boeing has temporarily grounded its entire global fleet of 737 max aircraft. the us federal aviation administration says the decision was prompted by new evidence from two recent fatal crashes. the trial over the killing of the half—brother of north korea's leader kimjong—un has been postponed until april 1. the defence requested the delay in hearing testimony from the sole remaining defendant, who is vietnamese. doan thi huong was seen on security video putting her hands over the face of kim jong—nam, then rushing to an airport bathroom. you up—to—date on the headlines. now on bbc news, hardtalk. —— are. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. for millions of venezuelans, every day is a struggle for survival. this is an oil—rich country where the shops are empty, the power is out, and healthca re is collapsing. and politics offers little hope of salvation. the maduro government is clinging to the trappings of power, while the country's other self—proclaimed president, juan guaido, leads mass protests against him. my my guest is one of guaid

the worldwide max fleet remains grounded following two fatal crashes in five months. and now more information about the final moments on the indonesianli in the air for just 12 minutes, the lion air pilots tried desperately to pull up the nose of their 737 max 8 but the anti-stall system called mcas pushed the nose down more than 20 times. three people who heard the plane's black box recordings tell reuters the crew didn't understand the problem and even looked through a handbook for answers. the crew discussed air speed and altitude but not the plane's trim, meant to keep the plane level, the real problem. in the final seconds of the fatal dive, the captain remained quiet. the first officer asked god for a miracle. nbc news has not reviewed the recordings or the transcripts. >> it would have been a very -- frightening for the pilots for sure that really didn't know -- they would be asking each other, what is it doing now? >> reporter: veteran 737 captai flipping two switches should have disabled mcas and corrected the trim. >> disabling the mcas by doing the trim cut

in here and china have grounded their entire boeing seven three seven max fleets a day off to an ethiopian airlines crash which killed all one hundred fifty seven people on board the jet went down just minutes ought to take off from the well on its way to nairobi beijing's decision in just a moment but first this report from catherine soy in the kenyan capital. nothing much is left but fragments of eighty three zero two at the crash scene. easton town off the shelf to the plane went down just six minutes after takeoff from bali international airport in the capital addis ababa prime minister ahmed was at the scene alia his office was a fast to tweet about the crash expressing condolences to those who had lost their loved ones one hundred fifty seven people while on board non-survivors among the most affected as you may expects is kenya which had a boat that had to pose a dozen boat out of the one forty nine passengers. it's an emotional time for friends and family as they waited for any news at the main airports in nairobi and . we were comfortable doesn't really do we see people coming out

between all three airlines, there are about75aily flights using the max fleet. >> it's a huge decision. it has an economic effect, you know, that's far reaching. >> reporter: in dallas, the home of southwest airlines, fliers reacted. >> all thisy' week t been letting people change their tickets. i think that's been great of them to do that. >> reporter: now many travelers and crew members wondering at's next. >> i was scared taking off. >> were you? >> because of what was going on in the news. >> happy to be back on the ground. >> reporter: all three airlines are trying to minimize travel disruptions.os southwest the heavily impacted saying any customers booked on aax 8 flight can rebook without any additional fees or fare dferences within 14 days of their original date of travel. >> safety first the mostth important ing, so it's a little sry to be up there when you know there could be something wrong with the plane. >> reporter: while this isct img thousands of travelers, southwest says the max 8 planes only make up aut 4% of its entire fleet. american and united now say they are auto