the ethiopian airlines crash said today the pilots did everything they were supposed to do but it wasn't enough to stop the boeing seven thirty seven max from nose diving at almost six hundred miles per hour one hundred fifty seven people die tonight pressure on boeing is there a software problem or a greater design flaw what is certain tonight boeing's top selling plane the seven thirty seven max will not be leaving the ground any time soon i'm bringing off in berlin this is the day. for me all the procedures to be provided by the manufacturer that there is not even two console. paths medically it's in that in many ways with the head of a accident it's the same at play the more that is that it is design proven him to

accidents in this final month so this plate instead pay to see a lot about the airplane. also coming up tonight saving lives and risking their own tonight the red cross warning about the dangers inside been its way low but half a world away in mozambique aid workers have a reason to smile. in two weeks. he said. read it. out. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all the around the world welcome we begin the day with the first look inside the cockpit of ethiopian airlines flight three zero two just moments before it crashed nose first killing everyone on board and it is a terrifying image today and there for. women every report investigators said the

pilots followed all the procedures recommended by boeing to bring the seven thirty seven max out of a nosedive even using brute streams all of it in vain as the forces of two jet engines and gravity worked against them ethiopian authorities are recommending boeing review the plane software a process already underway no one today suggested that there may be a design flaw in the seven thirty seven max but this is the second time in half a year that an unstoppable nosedive has brought down boeing's best selling plane. march tenth was a clear morning ethiopian airlines flight three zero two had just left at its abbot for nairobi when it plummeted nose first into a field outside the capital a disaster that killed all one hundred fifty seven people on board. a preliminary report now rules out human error as the cause of the tragedy suggesting the crew

did everything in their power to avoid the crash. the crew perform it all the procedures. repeatedly provided by the one factor that was not able to control. the boeing seven three seven max eight reportedly experienced erratic climbs and descents shortly after takeoff a situation similar to the one preceding the crash of flying air flight six one zero in october which killed one hundred eighty nine people. very clear to me that in two ways was the night i have a accident because. number one it's the same airplane wanted to be on the other hand the flight the duration of the flights or source or mostly not all flight was six months six minutes but it's all right. scrutiny is centered on an anti stall system that has repeatedly given pilots problems it's designed to

automatically lower the aircraft's nose if it detects a stall or loss of airspeed anxious to win back public trust in its products boeing announced last week it had reprogrammed the software on the seven three seven max to stop the anti stall system from triggering but the us federal aviation administration advised boeing to keep working on the proposed fix before submitting the system for view. with its fastest selling plane grounded boeing isn't only facing increasing reputational issues analysts say a lengthy delay could cut the company's revenues by billions. more on this i'm joined now by aviation analyst julian bray he joins me from cambridge in england mr briggs good to see you again i want to get your take on something that we did not hear today the ethiopian authorities when they released this preliminary report they did not mention the word boeing why do you think they avoided the name of the

plane's manufacturer. this is a preliminary report it's supposed to be without blame and they were trying to put out over a technical reports and also they're trying to make sure that everybody knew it wasn't. the planes to crash but they were saying it was the actual aircraft itself they probably didn't mention the name boeing because quite frankly there's no need because they are actually talking about the process itself that will come along light when the fly about the authorities they recommended that boeing conduct a thorough check of the plane's software and as i said at the beginning of the show know when suggested that there may be something greater here that is wrong such as a design flaw in the plane what's your take on the cause of these two crashes is it

just a software problem that can be fixed with a software patch and you know a little changes here in there. well this is a difficult because ridgeley the original aircraft was very good but what they tried to do with the max eight was to put drainage ins on it so fuel consumption would reduce by about thirty percent so this may be a very profitable aircraft because you know if you're carrying a large load factor and your fuel costs it down thirty percent always lose more profit in it but the problem is this is an old aircraft that they've they have restructured shall we say and they put these two very large engines on well forward so the whole weight balance of the aircraft is different and that's why they had to bring in this computer system to make sure the plane was absolutely level because what they didn't want it to do to go into stoll position which means that the nose

is going up so the computer would bring it down but was of course happened was that the computer repeatedly brought the nose down until such a point of the nose was out he facing the ground and under power it drilled itself into the. i want to ask you mr bray about liability in this case we know that there are lawsuits being talked about against boeing but what about the federal aviation administration and the f.a.a. giving the go ahead for the seven thirty seven max could this be a story of u.s. deregulation that has gone too far and actually put the flying public in danger. well put it round another way is a suggestion that the f.a.a. which is the regulator of body. to close and in fact boeing would subcontracted to

some of the f.a.a. is work and. this cozy relationship is being low sat by by well a series of lawyers and others way above my pay grade but the point is that the f.a.a. has to be seen to be totally independent and the fact that they didn't come out immediately and ground the aircraft has really cool is a great problem well wired and i think it's going to be a long while before you actually see this aircraft back in the sky again and as for the computer system itself they say they've got software updates for it but really would you really want to be a guinea pig flying in this aircraft yeah i think most people would say they want to keep the seven thirty seven next eight on the ground which is what boeing is doing right now. but we also have to remind our viewers that there are more planes flying today than ever before we're talking about you know thousands of

planes that take off and land every day with with no incidents and the f.a.a. and boeing have been the standard bearers of flying safety. is that being lost in this story or are they no longer the deserving standard bearers of flight safety. well you're quite right of course there are other aircraft which are quite happily flying around and the fact there are hundreds of thousands of flights every day and believed in all travel is safe it's safer than taking a bus in london that's how safe it is but of course everybody's attention is on the on these two really nasty crashes and really they've got to get to the bottom of it and find out exactly what did happen and this process today the preliminary report is part of this process the report doesn't seek to apportion blame it is purely a technical report on what they have found from the black boxes if you recall they

recover the two black boxes and they were sent to paris because they have the solidity and they do coded everything that's on the black boxes and then sent it back to ethiopia because that is sea area it's got jurisdiction over this particular incident. all right julian bray joining us tonight mr bray as always we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you. and. with each passing day the chances of britain crashing out of the european union grows no e.u. country would be impacted the same way by bragg's it as the republic of ireland the good friday agreement of one thousand nine hundred eight ended decades of sectarian violence between ireland and northern ireland in part because it removed any and all border checks after brags that border checks into and out of the e.u. will be necessary and that could destroy the fragile irish peace or today german

chancellor angela merkel visited dublin and she brought the two messages a promise of european solidarity with the republic of ireland and they call for patience with the u.k. as it tries to resolve its brights that blockage and she shared a personal story about her formative years in communist east germany behind the iron curtain she said that experience gives her a special understanding of the importance of tearing down walls and keeping them down. it was a musical most. personally come from a country that was separated by a wall for many years into the muslim for thirty four years i lived behind the iron curtain and. i know what it means when walls fall and when borders disappear the openside brutal and so i'm aware of the need to do all we can to up hold the peaceful coexistence here for which so many lives were sacrificed. please it

was our that was the german chancellor speaking there in dublin our works of analyst alex forrest wiring is back at the big table with me good to see you the chancellor she is determined to avoid a no deal bricks it why did she say it in dublin when she could have just as easily said it here in berlin that's a good question i think one of them is as he said before saying to the well. then stand shoulder to shoulder with the republic of ireland but i also think it's an increasing fear of being felt in capitals and particularly in off the consequences of a no deal it on the island and particularly talk of a return to a halt or to remember the republic of ireland will stay with the e.u. northern ireland is in the u.k. and up until twenty years ago when the good friday agreement was signed there was sectarian violence between the two three and

a half thousand people died in the so-called troubles and no one wants to say i would turn to that and i think that is what is a big fear i want to take a listen to what to the german chancellor said today about european solidarity with ireland as briggs it looms take a listen. this hall from you so we do hope that the intensive discussions that are ongoing in london will lead to a situation by next wednesday when we have a special council meeting where prime minister theresa may well have something to table to us on the basis of which we can continue to talk but we want to stand together as twenty seven until the very last hour i can say this for the german side we will do everything in order to prevent a no deal breaks that britain crashing out of the e.u. but we have to do this together with britain and with their position that they will present to us the mine zone because the time intervals it's almost become something if i read between the lines near alex what i hear is

a german chancellor who's worried about the post brics that reality would the irish board if we go back to this hard border would there perhaps a return to violence would those problems then become a problem of the european union well i think that that is a very real fear and i also think that there are politicians in the u.k. particularly conservative politicians who are very aware of and probably don't think that is a bad idea of what happened so it's not sinister it is since a cynical it is but i do think if that is the case many many politicians are saying look this can be sorted out if the e.u. wants it to be sorted out they don't want to have this so-called irish backstop which would keep the the u.k. in some kind of customs union which would prevent them from having outside trade deals that is what the big fear is so i think that this will be very handy for them if it was blamed on the e.u. and the e.u.

can't afford to have a problem like this on its hands it's got enough problems as to solve and to sort out and at the moment it's so destructive of bricks it anyway that to be involved in any talk of a hard border would just be awful for them ok. you know. so many unanswered questions about the irish border as well as briggs it in its entirety we're are we in london tonight in terms of finding resolution to the briggs's impasse to be honest we were not very far there are talks that have been ongoing since yesterday between the government and the opposition labor party now that has angered to reason may's euro skeptics in her party she they really disliked jeremy corbyn the labor leader some of them calling him a marxist and asking why would he want to be talking to this man particularly when he would like that to be a softer bricks it so there are happy about that we there are talks that a letter to european council president don't know tusk is in production asking for

another delay to bret's it but nobody's quite sure how long would last for and how long they want it to last fall there was last night in the house of commons a normal that was passed by one vote saying that they would have to be a delay to bricks it to stop and block a new dale that's now been in the second chamber the house of lords then now trying to figure out because so many in the conservatives don't like it so it's a mess and then just as a bit of a metaphor i think for how brics it is in the u.k. at the moment as to day in the house of commons it had to be adjourned for the chamber of the house of commons had to be adjourned and suspended because water started leaking through the roof so no one could be done a make of that what you will for and maybe theresa may theresa may needs to build an ark like noah to save her from the bricks and flood we'll see as always alex thank you. for why is the irish border as

fragile as it is used for. force now for. iconic images that have gone down in european history bloody sunday a deadly incident in derry in one thousand nine hundred seventy two has become symbolic of the north and conflicts between pro irish republic catholics and pro brits and protestants that conflict ended officially in one thousand nine hundred eight with the good friday peace agreement but historian marisa mcglinchey says many irish republicans to refuse to accept that deal for her recent book unfinished business the politics of dissident irish republicanism she interviewed some ninety radical pro irish nationalists if you stand at commemorations rendalen today of so-called dissident organizations you will hear the see in traditional republican ideology unless it's been articulated as you would have heard in the seventy's or eighty's that ideology calls for

a united ireland and the end of british rule in the north it's also the subject of republican murals which continue to be painted in northern ireland's analysis of the militant minority is a cause for concern these radical groups are prepared to go to any lengths in pursuit of their god. they are realistic in their assessment that popular support isn't a numbers aren't what they have been in the past and so very much so keeping the slim burning as essential to their organization at present as one of the injuries said in the book to pass him on for the next generation to soak up. that means that below the surface the north niland conflict has still not been settled one of the militant groups has agreed to a rare interview we directed to a sleepy town somewhere in the countryside these members of the republican shin

fein parties. say that breaks it would actually help them in their course. if there's not a chance so why did all the presidents go to jail waves of volunteers killed for nothing so you know we need to continue on with you to stop it again. but republicanism is not the only defense against us border need to fight for the unification of. and these radical republicans may not be alone in thinking that unification of violence is business that should be finished all from a clinch a things to. date has made the prospect of a united ireland an increasingly realistic one even for moderates. people. allowed to. stay with.

children dynamics. marissa mclean chase analysis has brought her to the conclusion that once britain leaves the e.u. europe will have to deal with the question of irish unification. and that it's whale of mozambique malawi zimbabwe these are just the latest countries finding themselves in natural disasters or man made crises so dire that help from outside is a matter of life and death and with danger usually comes yet more danger no one knows that as well as aid workers with the red cross this week the international committee of the red cross warned the united states of the risks involved in trying to bring humanitarian aid into the and that is only one flashpoint in south east africa countries are still assessing the apocalyptic damage left by psych lone and yet aid workers there say there is reason for hope. this.

is even worse. was. doing this for this. year. when he was getting this huge. scene he was in two weeks. you were here a positive assessment there and a talk about aid in the red cross i'm joined by dominic still hard he's director of global operations for the international committee of the red cross it's good to have you here on the show it's not every day that we see red cross workers that happy especially when they're in an area that's been hit by disaster must make you feel good to see a worker smiling absolutely absolutely yeah and that the same time i made the minds of many occasions where. i felt exactly the same because the big difference

between us who are on the ground and people who are seeing these disasters on television is be can act on we can do some things or eat the media makes a huge difference and i think they are beautiful pictures you know and when when you are on the ground it also makes you a target whether or not you like that the federation of the red cross and the red crescent societies they say they are ready to deliver aid to minutes while a next month. the humanitarian group says that it will remain neutral and has warned both sides in the conflict not to interfere with aid distribution ensures the safety of your colleagues aid workers when you're in an area and there is political danger military threats protecting. this these are precisely the type of challenges facing in any sort of conflict situation especially in an increasingly polarized environment and what these absolutely key

as we are not. driving and walking around these armed protection we need to have the acceptance of all the parties to the conflict in order to be able to work that is absolutely important and i'm always saying to my own people don't just think that if you say you are neutral impartial and and this is going to be seen exactly like this on the other side you have to prove on a daily basis through your warrick that you are what you are saying on these media about confidence building and it is about negotiating nexus and so on and so forth do you see yourself even in a crisis region where there are threats the fact that you're doing something good for humanity do you see that as a catalyst for warring sides to come closer together and find peace i mean are

you are you a bridge to peace well i would say. when it comes to distributing humanitarian aid this is definitely in the interest of warring parties who very often. also have us our responsibility for the civilian population when i think we can really contribute something to. building between parties is. such as exchange of prisoners as we are now planning in yemen this is a huge confidence building measure and as we are dior going to have a ship that usually has the confidence of all parties we are all some called upon to do these type of operations and we see. they are not immediately leading to peace they are important confidence building measures we've got about twenty

seconds mr still hard to me just ask you every day when when you get up and go to work what do you what is the biggest challenge for you what do you see as the biggest problem well as i'm leading all our operations was. my biggest worry is of course the security and safety of our own stuff that is working in these very very dangerous places. director for global operations with the international committee of the red cross is just we appreciate you coming in and we wish you all the best you're doing important work thank you thank you very much. well the day is almost done the conversation continues online your find us on twitter you there at u.w. news or you can follow me off t.v. don't forget to use the hash tag the day every member whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you that.

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