but for the first time in the space of a year, airbus and boeing delivered more than 1000 airbus and they passed net orders of 2300 planes. airbus has taken on 4000 new staff to bring down the backlog of orders. >> if you reach 600, we're still well above production. that is not a catastrophe. it is just that 2011 was just an extraordinary year. and we cannot grow and grow and grow our backlog if we cannot reach the production numbers that we have. >> airbus a-320 and boeing 737 max, fitted with more fuel- efficient engines, which is still in development. the zero airlines were buying them -- airlines are biennium despite falling profits. >> with you let $100 per barrel, there will not continue to operate the way they are. they have to get the economic advantage that the new aircraft brings, fuel burn, megan's cost, and generating economic and -- maintenance costs, and generating economic and service. >> boeing is likely still level again in 2012. airbus missed a chinese newcomers to the industry. >> this is newsday on the bbc. >> the headlines the sour -- the captain of the costa co

the aircraft manufacturer airbus delivered a record number of planes last year. this is the ninth year in a row that they have beaten boeing. while they are doing well, many of their customers are struggling. >> airlines across the world may be facing higher fuel prices, taxes, and lower profit, but for the first time in the year, airbus and boeing have delivered a little bit more than a thousand aircraft. they have had net orders. airbus is taking on 4000 new starts this year to bring down the backlog of orders. >> if you reach 600, we're still well above production. that is not a catastrophe. 2011 was an extraordinary year. we cannot grow our backlog if we cannot reach the production numbers. >> by far, anti orders have been for more fuel-efficient engines. -- the orders have been for planes with more fuel-efficient engines. >> if we don't replace these with fuel with something like $100 a barrel, they will not continue to operate the way they are. they have to get the economic advantage that the new aircraft brings in terms of fuel efficiency, maintenance, and

airbus has announced they are taking on 4002 staff to bring down a backlog of orders. >> we're still well above production. so, that is not a catastrophe, it is just that 2011 was an extraordinary year. we cannot grow our backlog if we cannot reach the production numbers that we have to. >> by far the most orders have been for short-haul planes with more fuel-efficient engines. airlines are buying them despite forecasts of falling profits. >> if we don't replace our planes with fuel at something like $100 a barrel, they cannot operate the way they are. they have to get the economic advantage to bring down the fuel burn, made his performance, and the service for passengers. -- maintenance performance, and the service for passengers. >> airbus has 64% share of the global market by volume. boeing is likely to draw level again in 2012. airbus admits that chinese newcomers are likely to be serious newcomers in the future. -- serious competitors in the future. >> they called him scott of the antarctic and 100 years ago he and a group of explore stock that would be the first to the south po

the order books at airbus were filling up last year. european jet maker says that it bought its largest number of quarters ever because of strong demand for its revamped single ideal plan. the record number allowed airbus to take a big chunk of market share from u.s. rivals boeing. but the parent company, eads, is trying to keep expectations for this current year under control. >> a record year for airbus. good news for eads chairman as well as the airbus ceo. the plane maker won more than 1400 new orders in 2011, but they're trying to tone down expectations for this year. >> if we reach 600, we're still well above production. so that is not a catastrophe. it is just that 2011 was a very extraordinary year, and we cannot grow and grow our backlog if we cannot reach the production numbers. >> but order books continue to fill up. the company plans to hire 4 ,000 new employees this year to handle the demand. the parent company's watching the euro crisis with concern and says the solution cannot wait. >> we need clear signals understood by

airbus insist their planes are safe. >> the giant of the sky, an imposing sight. there are some concerns about its safety. more cracks have been found. aircraft engineers and australia said it is better to be safe than sorry. >> we cannot continue to gamble with people's lives and allow those airplanes to continue to fly around. >> they were filed on planes operated by singapore airlines and qantas airways. the qantas plane had been grounded in singapore after one of its engines blew out in 2010. the airline said the issues were unrelated. airbus issued a statement saying, we confirm that minor cracks were found on some of non-critical wing attachments. on a limited we have traced the origin. developing inspection and repai procedure, which would be done during scheduled maintenance checks. in the meantime,e emphasize safe operation of the fleet is not affected. singapore airlines says it has repaired the wings. airbus is recommended airlines check for cracks, but did they do not pose a safety risk. >> conflicting advice from european government involving the safe

>>mark: airbus is beating bully in sales.ourth straight year they have sold more aircraft including 1900 new jets. in that same time, boeing sold 805 jets. airbus is finding success with its single i'll object. it is a modified version of the airbus existing 8320 with better fuel economy. boeing says they expect sales to pick up this year for a redesigned 7378787 reminder. >>mark: joe biden will be in san francisco tomorrow for a fund-raising luncheon. the luncheon will be held at the bentley reserve. the luncheon fund-raiser will cost between $2,500- $10,000. the fund will be allocated to obama for america. >>darya: in californian news, officials say that a fire at the comical philips refinery badly damaged the office building. within it was in the darkness when we showed this to you yesterday. remember, the los angeles fire department was out there with heavy forces responded to the fire. they say that is started on the second floor of this two- story building. at least one-third of the roof collapsed. it was a very dangero

the parent company of airbus has named a german to take the helm in june.er his direction, airbus had record orders of 1400 airplanes last year. eads is shuffling its supervisory board. jean-claude church it will join the body. >> reports are coming in right now that a german engineer has been kidnapped in nigeria. germany's foreign ministry says it cannot yet confirm the abduction in northern nigeria, a city recently hit by a series of attacks blamed on an islamist sect. president jonathan has called on the group to identify itself and state their demands as a basis for talks with a police in nigeria said they have no information linking boko haram to the kidnapping. the arab league has renewed its call for the u.n. security council to take action against syria. an arab league delegation is due in new york on saturday. it will ask the council to support a peace plan, calling for president assad to step down. arab league monitors were in the suburbs of the syrian capital damascus, where security forces say many areas there are no longer under their control.

airbus says the cracks are not a safety issue. the a-380 is the largest commercial jet in operation. >>> some cars slipped through the cracks in minnesota. two vehicles fell into the frozen water. crews spent much of yesterday pulling them out. this area is popular for ice fishing. officials said the ice is thin this year because of warmer- than-average temperatures. >> you know, i lived on a lake in new hampshire for a number of years and around late january, cars go out on it. i'm thinking, i'm afraid they will walk on it. you see toyota, you know, that's crazy. >> that's scary. >>> not so scary here. just some fog. >> a lot of fog. i guess it can be scary at times. i was a little freaked out coming into work this morning. you can't really see the road signs very well until you're right up underneath them and there's not much you can see right in front of you so there are several fog advisories in effect this morning including stretches of highway 1 through san mateo county all of our bridges have fog advisories issued by chp in

. >>> airbus issues. and economic issues. paula has those stories and more. >> good morning. jobs looking good this week before this morning's release of the december jobs report. first-time claims for jobless benefits declined last week. and the private sector added 325,000 workers last month. two foreign airlines found cracks in the wings of the airbus a380, the biggest airliner of the world. qantas and singapore airlines have made repairs. 3 chevy volt vehicles have had problems and dealerships have prepared them. several fast-food chains are offering discounts and special offers at this time of year. have a great weekend. >>> winter restaurant week in d.c. starts on monday. >> i am getting along great. we are warming up. 60's in some parts later on today. break out to the bikini. >> i think i will wait. just the thought of warm weather is attractive. >> we are not talking record- breaking heat, but it will be well above average. they smashed records in the upper midwest committ making it into the 60's. in minnesota they have not seen 60 degrees in the first week of januar

they had to go back to airbus and say what happened to your plane?ot used the rudder too aggressively. why would you ever construct a plane and ever have the control system in the plane such that if it is used in a way that it is allowed to be used your tail would come off. it is unthinkable. >> air bus told nbc news that it was not a design flaw, it was pilot error. the ntsb did determine that. it found that the american airlines training program overemphasized the use of the rudder inputs. going a step further, john cox says the rudder should never be used in wake turbulence. >> the best response would have been to let the airplane's natural stability work through it. the airplanes are naturally very stable. put control input into bringing the airplanes back towards wing's level and let it fly out and it will settle right down. >> american airlines told nbc news that it continues to be disappointed with the ntsb findings and believes that the design and rudder sensitivity were at fault. a effect decade after the crash the report stands as written.

. >> airbus said it has found more cracks in the waves of -- wings of towo aircraft that they're safe this comes after reports of tiny cracks being down. safety authorities say they will issue a bulletin mandatory checks. >> no. returned to the cruise ship disaster. but now we return to the cruise ship disaster. >> they will review all safety and emergency response procedures across all 10 of the cruise lines. 11 people were killed after the ship slammed into a reef. 21 others are missing. >> there is word that after its truck rocked the captain ordered dinner for himself and a woman. a cut from the ship said the captain made the request of about 50 minutes after the ship crashed last friday night. he's now under house arrest. >> the tells get more sketchy. >> it is 36 degrees. >> up next, more weekend traffic. it means more delays on metro lines. how can affect your travel plans. >> stay with us. [ snoring ] [ [ under crashes ] [ snoring ] [ thunder crashes ] [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] vicks nyquil cold and flu. the nighttime, sniffling sneezing, coughing aching, fever, best slee

they have called for immediate grounding of airbus after they found the cracks. the cracks are putting lives in jeopardy. an airbus spokesman confirms there are cracks but adds the cracks are not critical parts that do not affect safety. a-380 can hold up to 300 passengers. 70 airlines operate 70 buses regularly. >>> he says he was in iran to see his grandparents, now a judge has sentenced him there to death. reaction from the american people and our government. that coming up as fox reports live from new hampshire. [ ma annncer ] wouldn't it be cool if you took the top down on a crossover? if there were buttons for this? wouldn't it be cool if your car could handle the kids. ♪ ...and the nurbgring? or wh if you built a car in tennessee that could change the world? yeah, that would be cool. nissan. innovation for today. innovation for tomorrow. innovation for all. ♪ i'm a dad, coach... and i quit smoking with chantix. knowing that i could smoke during the first week was really important to me. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help peopl

airbus says the problem were not a safety issue. >>> bill and melinda gates foundation will give $750illion to the global fund to fight aids, tb and malaria. >>> the coast guard had their hands full. up next the risky rest you they performed-- rescue they performed within a 24 hour time period. >>> police in modesto had a hard time arresting this person. >>> now "good morning maryland." >>> i am corinne redman. the four remaining gop candidates fired off on each other. i will tell you who came up on top. >>> and it's quarterback versus owner in indianapolis. find out what irsay said about peyton's comments. >>> lucy, show me what you got. >> pretty good. we have plenty of this coming up in a minute. >> i can't wait to see more of that. good morning. i am sherrie johnson in for charley crowson. let's start with meteorologist lynette charles and what is it one of the mornings where you talk aboutpea soup with the fog can be -- talk about pea soup with the fog. >> the fog is as thick

more evidence of cracks in the new airbus a380, the double-decker plane that started flying last yearairbus continues to say the plane is safe, the company, though, admits there are design flaws, it's identified the cause of aluminum supports and bolts putting too much stress on the wings. >> two companies netflix and nintendo say they lost money. netflix taking a loss for a quarter though it says the number of subscribers is up. and nintendo finishing out its first financial year at a loss, the wii aging, the nintendo 3 ds not selling as hoped. >> a surprise to a lot of people. >> thank you. >> it's 5:56. still to come on "today in the bay," back in court. san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi returning to court, what he is asking a judge coming up in a live report. >> a change of heart. the ex-police officer getting ready to plead guilty to drug charges and testify against a former boss. >> you don't want to go racing out the front door. we have widespread dense fog that could slow you down. give yourself plenty of time. we'll tell you when it's expected to clear and when rain return

transportation, the european aviation safety agency has ordered them to carry out safety checks on the airbus380's. they will carry them out on 20 of the double decker airliners within the next six weeks. they will now be grounded in those with the highest mileage will be given priority. this will effect those operated by singapore airlines, emirates, and air france. german prosecutors are considering whether or not to press charges in a raid from lower saxony. he is suspected of corruption. they believe he used his public office to promote a series of conference events in exchange for the use of holiday homes belonging to a wealthy businessman. he was the spokesman of wolf until september. 13 people injured in a massive pileup on a highway in northern germany. 30 vehicles smashed into each other on the a-1. a number of other accidents occurred in the ensuing traffic jam. they said they were going too fast for weather conditions. germany is marking the 70th anniversary of the conference on january 20th. in 1942, senior not seize and officials gathered in the berlin suurb to coordinate the gen

airbus says the new a380 is safe to fly, but the company has found more cracks and wings.ge solution. an a380 was forced to make an emergency landing. leaving qantas to ground them. there are nor 67 in service around the world. >>> and iraqis are furious over the sentence for a u.s. marine that let a squad, as part of the plea deal, staff seg will be demoted, but he won't serve any jail time. the incident outraged iraqis. prosecutors says he ordered the massacre after a friend was killed. >>> more of the good stuff, less of the bad. that's the new school lunch requirements announced today by the agriculture department, starting july 1st, school meals will have to include frunts and vegetables every day. the new rules call for less sodium, saturated fat. 32 millions -- and the mayor of east haven, he is in hot water over an off-the-cuff remark made to a reporter. mayor maturu was discussing the arrest of police officers for alleged mistreatment of latinos. >> reporter: with such tension, with the force of 50 officers still no police officers, latino on the streets. >> your

come up with interesting new technology, a solar system on their boss that allows them to power the airbus -- on their bus that allows them to power their bus. they are a leader in grain transportation. they have won several awards. they are an entrepreneurial success story. they started here at the ports with just a limousine service. have grown into a full-service transportation company with 75 vehicles. u.s. seen them probably oliver tom -- you have seen and probably all over town. that is really what we're here to talk about. how they grow in the next 10 years. pier 27 is a very restricted site. we have all heard about this. just to give you an example of what is their. is shared -- it is shared. it has maritime operations. it has sf soccer. it is very restricted. they have made arrangements for the calls, and that is why they have crews around their. it does create operational conflicts, and they have not been able to expand the way they would like to. they did quite an extensive search, not only through san francisco, but the entire bay. they have focused on this area as a business j

aerospace industry had the second highest order intake in the history of avionics last year, boeing and airbus together have 8 toy-- 8.2 years of auto backlog now. the automotive industry, talking about detroit today, also in the u.s. as well as in china continues to have a very positive situation. in the u.s. it is very strongly influenced by the average age of the cars being higher than typically, so there is a demand to lag so to say which is coming through now. >> susie: tell us how -- >> and we have lagging industries like the construction industry where we really continue to see basically nothing happening here in the u.s.. >> suzanne: . >> susie: looking around the world i do want to ask you about europe, how are things looking in europe. we've been hearing a lot of forecasts calling for a recession in europe. what is that going to mean for your business? >> well, we do believe that there is a chance of a recession in europe and pressee high chance. the projections from bloomberg are minus 0.25%. overall now as henry kissinger said there is no telephone number for europe. so there is ob

making cisco look like a team which hardly has a weak side start saving your him against a team like airbus with thirty points you know. we can differ with a good thing and. sometimes rushing to our shots. is just. the start of saying no it's really. a wall we play great defense the regime and that is very important often facing your problems are not french for gamers who are huge advantage. for the first half to get things or game pretty close but. to break away and it was all. so the confident on the way to the year least one for the durham and the last one in two thousand and eight robert for the known party. now things are also going to plan for russia's other representatives in the euro league next the third beating reigning champions palace and i caught on wed and stay to move to the summits of their top sixteen group and also the hosts though who had established a twenty two seventeen lead after the opening quarter the next improving their shooting in the second oh i want to finish the first half just a point behind the greeks and then after the big break the visitors would dominate

and it's not related to engine failure a quantas airbus had about two months ago. >>> it's not a recall, onl suggestion. but general motors says chevy volt owners should bring their autos to dealers for repairs. the dealers will strengthen the area around the batteries. >>> well, the private investigator in south florida usually tracks down cheating spouses and missing cars. but joe malato's latest target is a diamond engagement ring worth $350,000. it's a 10 carat beauty with a diamond on either side. the owner doesn't know if the ring was lost or stolen. but, rob, it was not insured. >> a ring that big, that pricey, not insured? oh. should cling to that with dear life. >> get insurance before you pop the question. >> amen to that. >>> coming up next on this friday morning, casey anthony's revealing video diary without a single mention of her daughter. >>> and the play of the day goes to bill clinton? stay tuned. [ female announcer ] you do so much... to stay healthy. but did you know fiber choice can help support your overall well-being? every tasty tablet has prebiotic fiber from fru

cracks have been found in the wings of airbus a380s superjumbos owned by singapore airlines and quantasw some engineers are calling on the airlines to ground these planes immediately. trace has more from the west coast newsroom. >> reporter: nobody is disputing the cracks were found but now if you're about to get on one of these jets, these a380s, you have conflicting information because you have engineers saying these things should be grounded and the airlines mainly quantas and singapore saying airbus, the maker of these things, saying no, the planes are absolutely safe. let me show what you we're talking about. we're talking about hairline cracks in something, megyn, called the wing ribs, they look like swiss cheese metal parts, they're actually inside the wing. again, the hairline cracks are about half an inch long, there are dozens of the wing ribs inside the skin of the wing. they give the wing stability and strength. now, clearly, a small hairline crack is not going to cause the wing to fall off. the fear here is that smaller cracks lead to bigger cracks and when you're going 500

now europe is up and coming passenger jet the airbus three hundred twenty neo will soon boast a russian titanium the country's titanium monopoly b.s. and poor business sealed the deal with air bus to deliver a trial shipment of its production if the quality of the product meets the standard of the european plane maker a large order will be placed however there is no report on the value of the contract. have a look at the markets now oil prices are falling as greece's debt negotiations new concerns about europe's financial problems and added to that fuel consumption in the u.s. dropped to its lowest level since september two thousand and one stocks in the u.s. are mixed stronger earnings from microsoft and i.b.m. helped drive the dow up while concerns about debt talks in greece to hang over the market and most european markets are lower as investors keep an eye on debt talks in greece chinese manufacturing activity that showed signs of contraction was also in and focus a the footsie has slipped into the red while the dax is fluctuating from positive to negative and even trading and here

soon boost russian titanium the country's titanium monopoly reassume poa visit sealed the deal with airbus to deliver a trial shipment of its production if the quality of the product meets the standard of the european plane maker a larger order will be placed however there's no report on the value of the contract. and let's look at the markets now all is a raising of the game that is now trading in the red prices of suffering due to negative news coming out of the euro zone to the euro weekend as the dollar talks continue in greece and added to that fuel consumption in the west dropped to its lowest level since september two thousand and one stop. so the us start off on a cautious note said after three straight days of gains weight by these over greek debt talks stocks are also a affected by disappointing earnings results and european stock markets are mixed as investors keep an eye on the debt swap talks in greece chinese manufacturing antibody that showed signs of contraction is also in focus the forces fluctuating from positive to negative so as the dax. and here in moscow stocks declin

making to skulk like a team which hardly has a weak side start saving you really get a team like airbus with thirty points you know. we can definitely get but there have been ongoing and. sometimes you're rushing too much shots but you know it's just. started so you know it's really really play excellent gives them more reasonable number of course we play great defensively and that is very important as we don't often face or your problems are not friends for them but that's what gave us a huge advantage after smiled on for the first half to getting their game pretty close but then we managed to break away and it was all. right. so the our men looked confident on the way to the yearly spinal for the tournament the last one in two thousand and eight robert for the known party school. in the meantime says kos countermand own expense reigning champ and. that result means the russian team after two games the house took of the first quarter twenty two seventeen on excel improved in the second finishing the first half just a point behind after the big break started. to dominate and you don't w

two foreign airlines say they found cracks in the wing ribs of their airbus a-380s, the biggest airliner in the world, but qantas and singapore airlines say the cracks aren't a threat to safety and they've made repairs. it's not a recall, but volt observers should bring their cars to chevy dealers after repairs. tis is the season for bargains at fast food restaurants. it's normally a slow time of the year for them because many of us are tapped out after the holidays. several chains are offering discounts and special offers. that is america's money. have a great weekend. i'm paul a farris. ♪ [ male announcer ] when you're a true fan... [ exhales ] ...there are no sick days. [ crowd cheering, screaming ] vicks dayquil. defeats 5 cold & flu symptoms. [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] vicks nyquil cold and flu. the nighttime sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep you ever got with a cold...medicine. ♪ . >>> good morning. we are back with a pretty serious accident we're monitoring on the harrisburg expressway southbound 83 is shut down at belfast road. we're getting reports of

you have been coming passenger jets the airbus three hundred twenty neil will soon boast rushes to tail the countries they tell you monopoly business sealed a deal with air bus to deliver a trial shipment of its production if the quality of the product meets the standard of the european plane maker a large order will be placed however there is no report on the value of the contract. let's have a look at the markets now in europe close in the red on worries about debt swap talks in greece chinese manufacturing activity that showed signs of contraction was also a focus for three and a quarter of a percent lower while the dax and below that and here in moscow stocks closed lower on friday with a drop in oil prices in my six last point eight percent the r.t.s. nearly half a percent and now that see the biggest movies on the markets lower every flag think the sentiments in the euro zone coal miner response guy was among the main losers. was also on the downturn the company says it plans to cut production to adapt to a slowing global to about equity strategist peter weston from capital wraps

twenty will soon boast russian titanium the country's new monopoly of peace must seal the deal with airbus deliver a trial shipment of its production the quality of the products meet the standards of the european plane maker a large order will be paid however there is no report on the value of the contract . there's been some relief for the eurozone after spain and france successfully push through a key bond sale they sold over fourteen billion euros in government debt securities however talks between greece and its creditors remain deadlocked keeping the region's debt crisis on the boil ahead of poland's central bank merrick belka says that the way out is not easy but and collapse is not the table. the worst that could happen. is that one or two countries and it was a one country will obviously mean greece could be forced to leave the euro zone but the euro zone is big enough to survive such a blow like like was droll of one country and what makes me moderately optimistic is that the european central bank has instruments it has never used so for quite recently they have started supplying

. >>> airbus unveiled the 525 passenger a-3 0 model back in 2007. quantas and sing ga pore say they repaired tiny cracks on at least one of their planes and they are safe to fly. airbus says the cracks are on noncritical wing attachments and the cracks can be fixed during each plane's four-year maintenance checkup. >>> ten minutes before 8:00. the consumer electronics show opens today more than 2700 exhibitors will be showing up the latest technology. dave lawrence is live where the show gets underway in just a few showers -- in just a few hours. what cool things can you show us? >> reporter: all kinds of things. some 148,000 visitors for this show. industry in-- industry insiders -- what is the theme? >> thin is in and innovation of course. a lot of innovation. we're seeing -- we'll be seen 40,000 more products unveiled. >> and you have some headphones. >> everybody has your tablet, your mp-3 player, your smartphone. you gotta listen to your music or videos. we have this, $9, hd quality, blue tooth. no wires needed. you can stream music or video. >