ethiopian airlines is africa's biggest airline and is a source of pride for the country, and this incidenty shocked many. we understand from the airline itself that the recovery efforts will continue until everything from this site is recovered. we do not know how long that will take but they are determined to continue with that. as we've been hearing, the aircraft was a relatively new model and concerns have been raised about its safety systems. our transport correspondent tom burridge has been looking into it. debris recovered in october, when another boeing 737 max went down off indonesia. the crash raised questions about automatic computer systems on board the aircraft and whether pilots were properly informed about how the new plane had been modified. in the weeks after the crash, the authorities in america issued an emergency airworthiness directive about the 737 max. investigators believe an automatic computer system designed to prevent the plane from stalling received incorrect data and put the plane into a nosedive. boeing later issued a warning to airlines to ensure pilots were a

an airline. case are hard to ignore and that's why boeing and stock suffer its most significant losses tolbert twenty nine and as for now on i'll point out that it may take weeks for an initial report on the causes of the crash so they seem kind of reluctant to conclude a possible impact on operations so far jose are imagine this is also difficult for the airlines that are affected by this grounding they are or they're choosing to do these groundings do they have any alternatives in this case the seven thirty seven max. it is a seven and cents and not only are losing money from their seven three seven airplanes had but also safety concerns take a toll in passengers say comprehends as for now some experts are talking about potential substitutes to the seven three seven mike said let's not forget that boeing has over five thousand orders of these models so far among suggestions the airbus three hundred twenty neo seems to be the better and well known alternative to the market so far so airlines mig

airline. it is a national airline. in fact, just yesterday, they were versusing about having an all-female crew flying for national women's day. and of course, we understand that there are at least a couple of casualties. where the place went 40-minute e international airport. i am at the airport and there are planes still taking off and landing here. >> we do know it was flight number 302. we also want to tell our viewers that our meteorologist eric van dam has looked into this. he said there was no weather or thunderstorm activity in that area, or where it took off. or the area where it crashed just a few minutes later. >> and, robin, the amount of time that the plane from takeoff to losing contact. apparently, it took off at 8:38 local time. and lost contact at 8:44 a.m. which is in line from what you're saying. this crash not happening too far from the international airport. it was in the air a short amount of time. >> reporter: it does seem like it was in the air a short amount of time. i

they tended to have an airline background. sometimes not a technical airline background. they pretty much accepted at face value what rank-and-file told them. sometimes rank-and-file is terrific. that is where some of your real expertise lies in career people in the faa will stop somewhere it turned into a political issue. not partisan political. not republican versus democrat. aviation political interest follows the money. if a certain state or district has an aviation interest they will argue one way versus another. there was one congressman we called the congressman from a certain airline. i won't mention him or his airline. over time there was a bit of brain drain in the faa deferred more to boeing and the airline. the caller is right. the solution is to require high standards at the faa. the faa -- in my opinion, they were a secretive circle the wagon agency. they promote from within. they are suspicious of change. it would take a culture change to get that going. 9/11 dealt them a blow that they deserved. two thousandr 11 one happened the security function was strip

airlines, reality is there is not. there are waivers given all the time so that when work is done outside the united states, there are waivers so that there are no ground security checks, no alcohol or drug screening programs , in someet, many cases momost of the technicians cannot en n be calllled mechanics because they are not licensed. they are not licensed as they are required to be in the u.s. you have two sets of rules. is for in-house airline employees and another for the outsourced employees and this leads back to the faa. i have sat in a room with faa senior officials and ask them about this. they say they don't think this is a problem. juan: what impact has the , , the concept of mergers of airlines, we have a handful of airlines now. what has that had on this gretchen meyer william: going back as far as 2001, theree w were four or five majojor carriers that we don't have any morore. what we have now is efeffectivively an oligopoly. ralph was talking about boycotts and it is an excellent t idea, but it is mor

what about the airline, what sort of reputations does ethiopian airlines have?d safety reputation. it is very much regarded as the best airline in africa. it has links from heathrow, manchester to addis ababa, it also connects asia and north america with africa. ina asia and north america with africa. in a continent where there are so many airlines with shortcomings, ethiopia has always been regarded as outstandingly good. i use it myself quite frequently because it delivers a good service and has a very good safety record. in terms of the people on board, what do we know? it's not yet clear what the nationalities were. there will be a mix of people. four flights a day on this route. it will be ethiopians, ca nyo ns , this route. it will be ethiopians, canyons, a range of other nationalities. people who will have flown into addis ababa early this morning and then transfer to a dislike to continue to the kenyan capital —— it will be ethiopians and kenyans. the first stage is rescued, to try and help the victims, and after that the investigators will be looking at

is one of the safest and most profitable airlines in africa not old enough but.across the globe so people didn't expect such kind of things. people are saying that you know if you're going airlines is safe as the end how could this happen and nobody know nobody you know the reason so people are just really really kind of confusion at the moment say you know right all the stories we said is developing our correspondents following the very latest for us melanie credible and mantic after salacious thank you both thanks. now to some other stories that are making news around the world fourteen people have been killed in a plane crash in central colombia a local mayor and her family were among the victims emergency services suggested engine failure could have caused the propeller plane to crash. officials in algeria have rescheduled spring break for university students moving a forward by more than a week is being seen as an attempt to quell protests against ailing president with if the students have been at the heart of demonstrations opposing his bid to run for a fif

so we begin with that breaking news an ethiopian airlines jets with one hundred fifty seven people on board has crashed the boeing seven three seven max eight took off from the capital at us about bound for nairobi in kenya it came down near the town of the shelf to eastern ethiopia if the o.p.'s prime minister tweeted his condolences for the one hundred forty nine passengers and eight crew on board and a message to families he wrote the office of the prime minister on behalf of the government and people of ethiopia would like to express his deepest condolences to the families of those that have lost loved ones on ethiopian airlines boeing seven three seven on the regular show jewel flight to nairobi kenya this morning let's get more from algiers catherine soy who's on the line now from nairobi we understand catherine that this aircraft took off from addison at eight thirty eight am local time what else do we know. catherine can you hear me. catherine soy should be on the line. she is and i think we can we can talk to alex much of us who's an aviation analyst who is joining us now via

airlines have been all notified.nes are agreeing with the safety of the american people and all people is our paramount concern. our hearts go out to all of those who lost love d ones to their friends, their families in both the ethiopian and lion crashes that involved the 737 max aircraft it's a terrible, terrible thing. boeing is an incredible company. they are working very, very hard right now and hopefully they'll very quickly come up with the answer, but until they do, the planes are grounded. and you'll be hearing from the faa directly in a little while i would say probably in 45 minutes from now, so you'll be prepared to hear they're going to go into great detail as to what they found, where we're going, what we're doipg, but all those planes are grounded effective immediately okay this is a briefing that we've had planned for quite some time, some incredible people are with us >> continuing with his taped play there, but the key, the colonel there that the president has issued an executive order grounding the

do ground the airline.illion annual revenue program. one third of boeing commercial aircraft operating profit. 57. they were going to ramp up operation to 57 per month. it will be interesting to see the boeing shares when they open. manus: thank you very much, stephen engle with the latest from the ethiopian airline disaster. breaking news -- we need to bring this to our viewers. tesla. it was the story last week about the closure of stores and going online. tesla has closed half of its stores that it had previously announced. raising prices by 3% worldwide. this is a very latest clarity. they will keep significantly more stores open then were originally announced. they will only close half of many -- half as many stores. let us talk about the word much ." d -- "patient it is a watchword for the fed chairman, jay powell and he said interest rates can remain on hold as policymakers watch evolving economic situations. he thinks policy is in an appropriate place. means that we do not feel any hurry to change o

and domestic airline industry. that said, these stocks are volatile and react to these data points and if this does turn out to be something that, with training or with a small sort of fixes, we can get through, this will be near term noise. if bigger, then you have a bigger problem >> delta and ual don't have any exposure according to bernstein. thank you so much for joining us we do appreciate it. david vernon >> thanks for having me. >>> in the meantime, we're minutes away from what could be the most crucial vote on brexit since the actual vote itself two years ago. we speak one money manager overassess with almost $200 billion on why he's making bullish bets on the uk and overassess markets over the u.s. hear what he has to say. the mystery chart, the stock having a huge rally right now up 'lta than 100% this year wel lk about why it could be headed even higher we're back in two. measure up? a cfa charterholder does. you've worked hard to grow your wealth. make sure you're working with a wealth manager who can

around the world actually southwest airlines in the u.s. is the biggest buyer you also have american airlines ryanair but three hundred fifty is not that much just represents about two percent of bones entire fleet but it represents eighty percent of those planes that boeing is actually making for airlines so it is becoming more popular this is kind of the future of boeing's mid-range flight and if this if there is a link between the software malfunction then they might have a problem to deal with passengers will be thinking of these these accidents ok thank you very much deb yes i mean as if that insight. to german journalist or other way back home to germany after the government of turkey refused to renew their press passes the journalists were not given any reason for the decision their media organizations intend to appeal it germany's foreign minister has also criticized the decision. from the berlin berlin daily target spiegel and your composite from the german public television say they see no legal grounds for their denial of press a

china has ordered all of its airlines to do the same citing zero tolerance for safety workers into the chatroom that's where a similar accident happened in. south africa and cayman islands are following suit now remember these planes are all brand new and there's a heap of deliveries on the way so this could be a huge setback for boeing. and before we go to our correspondents to talk about this let's have a listen to what officials from. the o.b. an airline's had to say it's the continent's largest carrier and his turn to add a savable into the gateway to africa. as of yesterday we have grounded on. going the seven three seven eight marks fleet in ones created and which was involved in yesterday's accident. as a precaution safety measure. but this does not mean that the incident was related to. these defects on this specific fleet but we have taken this as an extra safety precaution. so that. the remaining investigation continues. because of cobras following this story and we've also got our reporter joy doreen barrow with us from the kenyan capital nairobi where that plane was headed

the airline in the middle of it. >> the malazia airlines information to air traffic control was unhelpfult worst, it was damaging, to getting an investigation and search underway quickly. >> not only did malaysia airlines -- >> normal confusion of the moment. at some point in all of this, an air traffic controller can push the big red button that says, help. panic. missing plane. that is what they didn't do until much later. >> not until four hours later that it is clear that plane is lost, that air traffic control notice emergency responders. >> that is so painful to think about. >> four hours later, nobody is looking yet. >> as precious hours pass, time is running out. while flight 370 flies further and further over one of the world's largest oceans. coming up. what happened on board flight 370? >> we don't know who the perpetrators are, we will never perpetrators are, we will never know the reasons why. ♪ when irish eyes are smiling ♪ sure it's like a morn in spring ♪ more than half of our community have discovered their irish roots. order ancestrydna, and find the surprises in you. ju

uses the airline and they were they were considered a very good airline very reputable airline told would you agree with that record holder of ethiopian airlines this is an airline that even in the days of men gets to the marxist dictator of ethiopia seem to operate reasonably efficiently and is one of the few airlines that can get you across the whole continent of africa. ethiopian does stand out because of that it also had a very very close relationship with boeing going back decades and in fact ethiopian was one of the first airlines anywhere in the world to fly the seven eight seven and they have quite a few of those a quite a quite a few seven seven seventh's and of course this newest model of the seven three seven now although ethiopian has had several fatal events in the past they also plan a context that's far more demanding than what you would see in north america or western europe and as the other panelist stated this is the preferred airline of international business travelers and n.g.o.s who operate in africa because they spend the continent they have a very large fleet very r

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 growing on earth or it's easy to take action over the boeing seven three seven max eight many airlines are citing customers frightened by sunday's ethiopian airlines mux a crash which killed all one hundred fifty seven people on board. and let's bring in our financial correspondent new york jose luis de haro for more on the business side of this now jose i can't imagine it looks any better for boeing today than yesterday in terms of share prices what are you seeing there. no it's not looking any better at all stevenson's have been closed down an additional six percent on tuesday for no on hearing wall street are trying to figure out how much of the current situation will cost the company as similar episode in two thousand and thirteen when boeing grounded fifty seven eight seven airplanes calls the company at least five hundr

it's called "vanished" the mystery of malaysia airlines flight 370. who can forget the day we learned that the flight had disappeared? answers, what we know, what we don't know. the special starts right now. >> announcer: the following is a cnn special report. >>> malaysian 370. >> it's been five years since a state of the art aircraft disappeared. >> nobody expects a triple 7 to vanish. it just doesn't happen. >> where is malaysia airlines flight 370? >> hundreds of loved ones gone missing. years of searching. >> it's in exactly the most remote part of the world. >> the surprises. >> debris found off the coast of reunion island in the indian ocean. >> the second piece of mh-370's wreckage picked up. >> and setbacks. >> it was terterrible. it felt like we were right back at the beginning again. >> questions still unanswered. >> we need to know what happened. and the only way you're going to do it is to find the aircraft. >> there's just too much at stake here to say we're going to stop. >> now, "vanished: the mystery of malaysia airlines flight 370."

authorities and airlines to do the same. and folks wagon report solid numbers for twenty eight hundred the world's largest carmaker can't get caught looking in the rearview mirror challenges are ahead like brakes that possible u.s. tariffs and oh yeah its departure from the internal combustion engine welcome to your business i'm stephen beers in berlin thanks for joining us. flight regulators in the e.u. joint counterparts in china and other major markets in grounding the boeing seven thirty seven max that after two recent crashes in indonesia and ethiopia the issue is a sensitive one for the plane maker in particular which faces a tricky act reassuring concern customers and protecting its business. 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 th

airlines have been all notified. airlines are agreeing with us.of the american people and all people is our paramount concern. our hearts go out to all of those who lost loved ones, to their friends, to families, in both ethiopian and lyon air crashes that involved the 737 maxair craft. it's a terrible, terrible thing. boeing is an incredible company. they are working very, very hard right now, an hopefully they will very quickly come up with the answer but until they do the planes are grounded and you will be hearing from the faa directly in a little while. would i say probably in 45 minutes from now. so you will be prepared to hear it. they will go into great detail what they found and where we're going, what we're doing. but all of those planes are grounded effective immediately. okay? this is a briefing that we have had planned for quite some time, some incredible are with us. this is on drug trafficking and on the southern border. and we have a lot of great things happening there. we're building a lot of wall as you all know, a lot more than

, and it is important to airlines because it offers much greater efficiency and capacity. airlines becauseciency and ca pacity.m is far too early to tell what caused this aircraft crash. authorities say that the fairly small distribution of parts suggest it descended quickly and vertically. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: two years after the killing of kim jong—un‘s half—brother in malaysia, murder charges against one of the defendants have been dropped. several countries have grounded all boeing 737 aircraft following the air disaster in ethiopia that left more than 150 people dead. now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with the independent. it's leading with the ethiopian airlines crash on sunday that killed all 157 people onboard. the daily telegraph looks at how british prime minister theresa may risks facing punitive measures from the european union in the case of a brexit delay, as well as a possible leadership challenge. the front page of the gulf news covers the forthcoming general electi

each the airlines are still flying the boeing 737 max 8s, saying they are safe. >> however, airlines overseas have grounded these plans for the time being. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. the faa today said the plane is airworthy, but senator dianne feinstein is now asking them to take a second look. >> she says, quote, continuing to fly an airplane that has been involved in two fatal crashes within just six months presents an unnecessary potentially life-threatening risk to the traveling public. >> abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow is live at san francisco international airport. melanie, some travelers seem a little nervous. >> kristen and dan, some of those nervous passenger here is at san francisco international airport. many more of them online and all of them tonight frustrated. that normal rebooking policies are still in place, despite those two fatal crashes. after two boeing 737 max 8 fatal crashes in less than five months, passengers arriving at san francisco international airport today on one of air canada's max 8s were measure

what is the safety record of ethiopian airlines? best safety records on the continent. the last time the airline had fatalities in the series was in 1996 and that was a hijacked plane which ended up killing 123 people. 0ver a hijacked plane which ended up killing 123 people. over the last few years it has had nearly a clean record and it flies one of the youngest and most modern fleets on the african continent. this boeing 737-max the african continent. this boeing 737—max only entered operation for ethiopian airlines four months ago. it only started operations in january 2016, so a lot of people trying to come to terms with how something like this could happen to such annual aircraft. the airline did come down soon after take—off, six minutes after it took off? that is the other aspect of this that also has a lot of people scratching their heads. just six minutes after take—off, not even 100 kilometres into its flight, it came down south—east of the ethiopian capital, addis ababa. it didn't even have the chance to leave that airspa

the american company despite two deadly accidents involving the plane the latest with ethiopian airlines korea's chief executives as boeing should ground all its seven thirty seven max states until it's established they're safe to fly these forty six countries have banned the aircraft from entering their airspace the entire european union is off limits as are the skies above the united arab emirates many airlines in certain countries of voluntarily grounding their max series brazilian budget airline go south korea's east jet about half the fleets that have been running since twenty seventeen and not being used and dozens of deliveries of the jets still on their way this has the potential to destroy the plane maker. analysts boeing starting to do the sons the aircraft maker has received more than five thousand orders for its seven three seven max. if these get cancelled the company could end up on its knees putting tens of thousands of jobs at the corporations washington plants and various supply is at risk on tuesday the head of boeing reportedly called the u.s. president to prevent a fl

airlines and passengers will want re—assurance. india has announced the dates of its general election. more than 900 million people will vote in a rolling poll so large that it takes place over six weeks, votes will be counted on may 23. prime minister narendra modi is seeking re—election. india's recent military action in pakistan will play a part in the campaign, but there are other issues too that could affect the polls. the bbc‘s yogita limaye reports from kerala. india's most powerful man. five yea rs india's most powerful man. five years ago, he won the biggest majority in nearly three decades. narendra modi enjoys an almost counter following in the country. and now, after a tense time for the people of india, he is protecting himself as the man who can keep the nation safe. —— projecting himself. it is going to be even more! this is a new india! this is an india that will have everybody‘s interests! a new india! this is an india that will have everybody's interests!m response to this suicide bombing in kashmir, the country's

. >> where is malaysia airlines flight 370? >> hundreds of loved ones gone missing. years of searching. >> it's in exactly the most remote part of the world. >> the surprises. >> debris found off the coast of reunion island in the indian ocean. >> the second piece of mh370's wreckage picked up. >> and setbacks. >> it was terrible. it felt like we were right back at the beginning again. >> questions still unanswered. >> we need to know what happened. and the only way you're going to do it is to find the aircraft. >> there's just too much at stake here to say we're going to stop. >> now, "vanished: the mystery of malaysia airlines flight 370." march 8th, 2014. kuala lumpur international airport. just after midnight, the pilots of malaysia airlines flight 370 are preparing for takeoff. >> it's all about checklists in aviation. they're going through checklists. >> miles o'brien is a pilot and aviation analyst for cnn. >> it doesn't matter how mundane it is, how many times you've done it. you do it religiously because that is absolute foundation of safety in aviation. >>

ethiopian airlines has a great safety record and is probably africa's best airline and when of the weldscross africa and the globe and the 737 max was one of the youngest and the fleet. the 737 itself, and has been around for 50 years and there has been over 10,000 deliberate however the raw numbers now did not look great for the max, that is to accidents in the space of three or four months with only a few hundred in—service so based on that ratio, it is not particularly a rosy picture for the aircraft set the stage but obviously they may fly for yea rs before stage but obviously they may fly for years before another accident so you do not know. thank you so much for being with us on bbc news this evening. let me bring you some breaking news, confirmation of the identity of one of those british victims in this morning's air crash, she wasjoanna toole from southampton and she was living and working in london and was employed by the food in agriculture department of the united nations. the director has said he is profoundly sad and lost for words over the death ofjoanna and tweeted, sayin

the budget airline business on your part of the world?ly, by cathay pacific is a crucial piece of business that is missing from its operations and this will also give them additional lending spots in hong kong, which is home to asia's busiest international airport. this will also provide cathy with a new revenue source as the region's emerging economies allow more people to fly. —— cathay pacific. the hong kong carrier had a very challenging 2018 after posting its first loss in march of last year. low—cost carriers have been eating into cathay pacific's market share as leg expand with long haul flights and bypassing the need to change in hong kong. cathay pacific is said to be more than a decade behind singapore airlines in entering the business and meeting the demand for shorter roots, and need met in part by these low—cost carriers. roots, and need met in part by these low-cost carriers. thank you. -- a need. now let's brief you on some other business stories. apple has recieved a major boost in its long—running dispute with chipmaker q

these world views this hour an ethiopian airlines plane with one hundred fifty seven people on board has crashed minutes after taking off from out of south of the known if there are any survivors. protest group venezuela to us resorts to sanctions and threats in a bid to oust president we report on washington's approach to the latin america for the seventeenth consecutive weekend. and islamic state fighting surrender to u.s. backed forces in the syrian village of the terrorists are routed from the last stronghold near the iraqi border. hello it's sunday afternoon one here in moscow it's also one of the off the in addis ababa that's where we're starting on news on the breaking news we brought you last hour the ethiopian airlines jet carrying one hundred forty nine passengers and eight crew bound for the kenyan capital crashed shortly after takeoff a few hours ago all color spun adonal courses across the what we know so far what's been confirmed well call in flight e.t.a. three o two was one of the ethiopian airlines regularly scheduled flights in africa crashed taking off from ethiopi

of ethiopian airlines. what the safety track record is good if european airline is a trusted airline on the continent a lot of people to use that airline the last major incident we know about is back in two thousand and ten that six years ago when a plane crashed and was a group from beirut to addis ababa ninety passengers on board all of them died but that said a lot of people trust the airline it's stable it has one of the largest service centers it also has one of the best and advanced training centers of four for pilots as well we had earlier kemal from the c.e.o. who said this particular plane did not record any any technique or any major technical problems in fact it had gone through a major service in february and it had just landed this morning from johannesburg without any any problems so it's going to be interesting to see going forward with these investigations now to see what will be an article a lot of people are very anxious asking what happened what could have gone wrong. catherine sawyer wit

that ordered thousands of the jets boeing may have to renegotiate contracts and airlines already flying the macs are angry norwegian air has announced it would sue the u.s. plane manufacturer for damages. even seek is from the frankfurt university of applied sciences and specializes in air traffic management so boeing's change costs as far as those groundings go what's that mean financially for the. strong blow if you look at the past two years boeing has really a tremendous. financial situation they have sold especially that remind us where well the has just ordered twenty new planes and their stock price has double if so this of course is really bad news and i think the stock price has already gone down it will do if you look at the stock over the past year both airbus and boeing i mean they've been doing really well the stocks been going up and up and up at the same time it sounds like quality is going down and down and down all these new way of profit with teething problems and a whole lot of that. it's correct that. aligns with doing quite well that particular selling a lot of play

the turbulence conservatives in radio commentator steve wallace were joins us to fly through some airline stocks plus facebook is under fire yet again from the feds alex weiss the c.e.o. of rebellion research joins us to dig into the details on how the company's stock is getting squeezed and later in the mission scandal has walked that video among the elites remington a great public citizen is here on him to sort through the scandal all that directly ahead but first we've got some headlines let's go to. the latest fallout from the defeat to from the defeat device emissions fixing scandal the folks wagon leads our global report today as the u.s. securities and exchange commission charges the company and its former chief executive martin warner korn with effectively defrauding investors as he complained specifically alleges that the company and its c.e.o. misled investors when it sold thirteen billion dollars in bonds in two thousand and fourteen and twenty fifteen while the installation of the so-called defeat devices was known to vokes wagon executives as east as e.c. says that by conceal

an exclusive interview with berkshire hathaway's warren buffet we'll talk apple, airlines, rates. we'll ask him about that, the stock market rally, fed rate cuts and so much more. speaking of the growth debate. gdp slowed in the fourth quarter barely hitting the administration's 3% goal that's q4 over q4. we'll get into the math. the likelihood that rate cuts may be coming. >>> plus, lyft to 100? an airline collapses leaving passengers stranded and tommy hilfiger is back that's in rapid fire >>> we begin with today's markets and dom chu. >> the markets seem to want to stay around this level the 2800, 2815 level in the s&p 500, can't get around or away from that particular level. just up by 0.1%. the dow were up as much as 117 at one point and down 49 smack dab in the middle of that range right now. we'll see if the afternoon picks things up. nasdaq up 0.2% one thing to watch is the consumer staples that trade, one of the leaders today, one of the three best performing sectors so far up about a half a percent for consumer staples on the s&p. if you loorking for things, proctor & ga

this happened before when another airline shutdown and several airlines stepped in to fill the gap, including delta. get and use travel insurance.

won't ground the planes what kind of pressures are airlines themselves facing. a lot of pressure stephen especially as some of the costumers are demanding changes in tickets when they learned there will be flying a seven three seven max a day southwest is a waving they were booking charge however passengers had to pay the prevailing fare time they changed their ticket which usually means that spending more money unless it was a lot said many of the peak of their purchase at american airlines and united are still charging up to two hundred dollars to switch of domestic flights and seven hundred fifty dollars for international ones also american airlines and so it was flight attendants and ground crews that have us carriers and two to seven three seven mike said planes until more it's known about the crush stocks from both the airlines over two percent on tuesday interesting and they're facing a lot of pressure off this like it was a louise the heart of their forest in new york. over the u.k. the pound lost half a percent against the dollar and one point six perce

ethiopian airlines and came airlines have grounded the aircraft. american carriers have said they are monitoring the ongoing investigation. and according to boeing's website, 16 airlines have taken delivery of the 737 max 8, including air italy and india's spicejet. including air italy and india's spice jet. in the meantime, boeing has announced some modifications of this plane. that is right. several months ago they have said that they would be deploying a software upgrade for this 737 max 8. the karpany also said it had been developing a flight control software enhancement for several months in the aftermath of the lion air flight 610 disaster when it crashed into the sea of indonesia, killing 189 passengers on—board —— the company. it said the changes were designed to make an already that krupp even safer. boeing said the software that includes limiting stabiliser trim commence in response to erroneous readings, pilot displays, operation manuals, and more crew training. thank you so much, rico with the very latest on that from our bureau in sing

this is deja vu news live from berlin no survivors in the crash of an ethiopian airlines jet authorities combed the site near i disobey about where the plane went down shortly after taking off for nairobi one hundred fifty seven people were on board the seven thirty seven max it is a second crash in months of boeing's latest airliner. two german journalists are forced to leave turkey after officials there refused to renew their accreditation german public broadcasters e.d.s. says turkey is trying to intimidate foreign correspondents. plus an bundesliga soccer dortmund lose their illegally despite beating stuttgart fire and i want top on goal difference thanks to their six nil win over goals for the. times to me so misconducts good to have you with us ethiopian airlines says all one hundred fifty seven people have been killed in the crash of a boeing seven thirty seven max jet the airliner lost contact with air traffic control minutes after taking off from disobey back to nairobi passengers from more than thirty countries were on board with the largest number of those who died from kenya

a spokesperson of the ethiopian airlines that. has said that there were three nationalities and bowed and there are no survivors in that flight so we expect i mean this is a popular flight from nairobi from about to nairobi an important conference coming up as well on monday the u.n. . environment assembly perhaps some delegates who are coming for that conference will be there and the several nationalities perhaps even including kenya that's why it's very important for this information sent us to be set up here relatives are still coming in to try and find out what's going on with. what kind and for vision that going to get rather and also being told that man that. we spoke to him as well and you're saying there's a lot of confusion idea when he came here he thought he was on that flight and when he was told oh i'm so sorry your son that flight crashed it's only later that he came to learn with a lot of relief that he was on another flight but he's saying that he understands the grief of many other relatives who are still trying t

dealing with airline safety. senate subcommittee hearing chaired by senator ted cruz of texas, and featuring officials from both the faa and ntsb we'll talk a lot what came out of that in terms of pilot training, all of that and rest. and cover markets as they close on "after the bell." melissa: that's right. i'm melissa francis. connell: i'm connell mcshane. we go through the numbers. fox team coverage with edward lawrence watching the hearing on the hill but also gerri willis on the day on wall street at the new york stock exchange. to gerri in a moment but edward let's start with you. reporter: very interesting hearing here. subdued hearing from the faa administrators. senators had tough questions for them. starting in july the faa will significantly change the way they oversight in terms of making sure planes are safe to fly. now also the acting faa administrator defending the position that the faa took in being the last, sort of globally to ground this fleet of planes saying that he deals with just the data.

fatally crashed airline did.they succeeded. the other student. so i look forward to your support in the legislation that will fundamentally change. have you reviewed those reports? >> thank you for your comments. i a reviewed reports and i need to review them at the time they were received. the reports were reviewed as they were written and received there were 24 reports. >> they reported it to you and many of them followed the first craft. >> they were compared against the data on experiences on a trip we review them and have them sit down with the pilot and none of the 24 reports associated related. >> and the reports that were given to me, and my time is limited here let me just ask you for you contacted by anyone in the administration before making your decision to ground those aircraft? >> from the moment until we grounded on wednesday morning, i kept the president briefed and fully apprised on all of our activities which included i would add -- did she order you were otherwise recommend what's your decision

it an operation with ethiopian airlines for four months.with ethiopian airlines forfour months. it we in an operation with ethiopian airlines for four months. it we in from johannesburg south africa and to addis ababa this morning without incident. they turned it around and was supposed to do this fight into nairobi which is very frequent, four times a day every day and it is one of the most profitable and successful roots. is a quick two hour hop back and forth and they do it rinse and repeat several times a day. the aircraft was a relatively new model, and concerns have been raised about its safety systems. our transport correspondent tom burridge has been looking into it. debris recovered in october, when another boeing 737 max went off indonesia, the crash raised questions about automatic computer systems on board the aircraft and whether pilots were properly informed about how the new plane had been modified. in the weeks after the crash, authorities in america issued an emergency airworthiness directive about the 37 —— 737 max and the

airlines have stopped using the plane as well.hat includes airlines in latin america, south africa. here in north america as well. there is 300, 737 maxes in operation. with the ground halt most of those are taken out of service except here in the u.s. talking to people getting on the 737 maxs, a few were surprised they were still in the air and part of the flight they stepped on. if some found out they were on 737 maxs, they say they would change their flight. they are concerned about their safety. the faa has not grounded the 737 maxs. boeing reiterated their confidence in the plane themselves. but politicians, senators blumenthal, mitt romney, elizabeth warren, feinstein, they all want to lobby the faa take a look at this plane. maybe a temporary, conditional grounding might be in order here. boeing is suffering the worst two-day loss since 2016. they lost a ton in market cap. passengers are a little nervous from laguardia airport. back to you. >> no doubt. susan li, thank you. here to discuss it, jay ratliff, aviation expert.