safety regulators. evaluating the 737 max jetliner loc faulkner was accused of giving the federal aviation administration false and incomplete information about part of an automated flight control system. prosecutor say the reception meant the system had not been listed in pilot manuals and been linked to 2 deadly crashes that resulted in the jet being grounded. the world health organizations named 26 pages 1st, who was revive the stalled investigation into the corona virus pandemic group will look into the origins of the virus that emerged in china. in late 2019, the disease has killed nearly 5000000 people. taiwanese authorities are investigating whether a 5 at killed, at least $46.00 people was started deliberately. dozens of others were injured and thursdays blaze at a 13 story building, which was made up of small shops and apartments. and those are the headlines coming up next and on his era. it's witness. goodbye. ah me ha. that you are gone, darling, soraya, don't anacostia, murmured amy. and when i let us gorda don't do what i am at the work is gone. this only felony to hear this. he didn't fear

however, the federal aviation administration responded on sunday in a statement saying, quote, no faa air traffic staffing shortages have been reported since friday flight delays and cancellations occurred for a few hours friday afternoon due to the widespread severe weather military training unlimited staffing in one area of the jacksonville air route traffic control center. some airlines continue to experience scheeuling challenges due to the aircraft and crews being out of place where there's a lot going on. >> like internally staffing. and i think that all airlines are probably have some level town with his love really kind of office. chain. >> think i think this isn't a weather issue sunday's cancellations come after hundreds of other cancellations made by the airline on saturday. this also happening during a busy travel weekend with a federal holiday on monday at sfo taylor. the psac ii kron 4 news. >> so things will cleared up and folks will be able to return back home. but meanwhile, let's talk about our 4 zone forecast the sunday night. a live look at the golden gate bridge f

navigating new weather and the repercussions of the weekend flight disruptions and the federal aviation administration the unusual step today pushing back against southwest explanation saying that no air traffic staffing shortages had been reported since friday. now southwest announced last week that its employees have to be fully vaccinated by december 8th keep their jobs and rumors that circulated over the weekend that employee said stage some kind of big sick out to protest the new policy. however, southwest disputes those rumors pam. jonathan, this is a story we'll continue to follow and try to figure out what exactly is going on. all right. grant, thank you. hopefully those folks get home soon. >> meanwhile, we're following breaking news this monday here on kron 4 news at 6 o'clock. >> right now. fire crews in napa county working to try to contain this large grass fire in american canyon. this is all happening along newell road east of new road and just north of american canyon road. we do know that crews are headed to that scene. but as you can see, just some large plumes of smoke. now in the sk

those are on the rise again, new federal aviation administration numbers show. >> more disruptions ons in the past week. then any other week in the past 2 and a half months. the faa says there were nearly a 130 new incidents reported by flight crews. bring this year's total more than 4600 incident. data shows about 72% of the issues the past week were. over the federal transportation mask the faa has adopted a 0 tolerance policy in the agency is proposing more than a million dollars in fines against unruly airline passengers this year. taking a bearish meant to us as humans it is ridiculous. >> lawrence karnow would never do that on the plane. he gentleman and a scholar he is a scientist t knows all about the weather and this is a live look from the top of out temple pious on what a cool day felt like fall here in the bay. it is fall. and yeah, you know, but it just we have another rain going yet. so now i things are kind shifting years. >> here we go. what looks like we've got those clouds rolling in now. we do have a cold front moving by. they're just not much energy to it that said

however, the federal aviation administration responded on sunday in a statement saying, quote, no faa air traffic staffing shortages have been reported since friday flight delays and cancellations occurred for a few hours friday afternoon due to the widespread severe weather military training and limited staffing in one area of the jacksonville air route traffic control center. some airlines continue to experience scheduling challenges due to the aircraft and crews being out of place wherc there's a lot going on. >> like internally staffing. and i think that all airlines are probably have some level town with his love is really kind of office. chain. >> think i think this isn't a weather issue sunday's cancellations come after hundreds of other cancellations made by the airline on saturday. this also happening during a busy travel weekend with a federal holiday on monday at sfo taylor key kron 4 news. >> giants and the dodgers are moving on to game 3 in the nlds series and the fortunately beat the giants 92 in game 2 that ties the series kron four's, kate rooney tells us what we can e

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but according to the federal aviation administration, that wasn't entirely true. and that came after the f. a responded to the southwest statement in a tweet saying no f, a air traffic staffing for to just have been reported since friday. flight delays and cancellations occurred for few hours friday pm, due to widespread, severe weather, military training and limited staffing in one area of the jackson will jacksonville and route center and only after the f a and noun. smith did south west president mike van d. then finally, amid to its employees, on monday, things got out of control because the airline didn't have adequate staffing. in fact, that according to the department of transportation south was currently has 7000 fear employees, then the airline had before the pandemic. and that's because when air travel plunge at the beginning of the pandemic, south west offered by out and early retirement packages to reduce staff. now although the weekends problems were mainly limited to southwest, it is by no means the only airlines struggling to restore stuff. and slid

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jury in texas indicted 49 year old mark forkner on thursday, alleging he deceived the federal aviation administration, a g, or aircraft evaluation division. during the 737, max jed evaluation and certification process by providing safety regulators with material false inaccurate and incomplete information about a new part of the flight controls for the boeing 737 max, called the maneuvering characteristics augmentation system and cast in turn, the d o, j says airplane manuals and pilot training materials, like any references 20 am cast, and that boeing's us based airline customers, are deprived of important information when making and finalizing their decisions to pay. boeing tens of millions of dollars for $737.00, max airplanes, prosecutor se forkner abused his position of authority. and in doing so, also deprived airlines and pilots from knowing crucial information about an important part of the airplane. flight controls to fatal crashes were blamed on lack of pilot and cas knowledge and training. the lion air crash in october, 2018, killing all 189 passengers and crew, and the f. t o p and airlin

their dog was reportedly away with a family member, according to the federal aviation administration. the plane was a twin engine, cessna c $340.00. the crash happened about 3 blocks from santana high school and the city of about 50000 residents. all students were unharmed. the plane are poorly departed from yuma, arizona, who was expected to land at san diego montgomery airport. the national transportation safety board is investigating the crash authorities here. the pilot had received multiple warnings that he was flying to low, and according to documents, this is the 3rd fatal plane crash. and santi in the last 6 years, reporting for news. hughes and hush suites. our t. washington d. c. mayor mariel bows or has just extended the sea state of emergency into 2022, making it mandatory mask inside public buildings and restrictions on businesses stay in place. but with the city which boast a 70 percent vaccination rate of either partially or fully. busy vaccine residents and a 7 day average rate of 20 new cases daily or 100000 people. some are wondering why the mayor is not hosting of t

the federal aviation administration put out a rare statement saying they were not problems on saturday and sunday when they had the lion's share of its cancellations. 1,100 by southwest on sunday. 30 periods of time of its total schedule for the day. we have seen 320 cancellations for today. so this is not over just yet. you know, this real ripple effect is described by southwest in a memo to its employees. it says people and planes were on it of position over the weekend. that actually left some flight crews without hotel rooms. the bottom line here is that thousands of passengers were stranded because of this, and they're not happy about it. >> pete, obviously that's a big -- >> i suspect southwest isn't being totally honest with us. >> couldn't leave last night really because we didn't know what was going to happen. >> looking through and there's nothing, nothing, nothing through the next few days. . >> one more factor. the airline is a lot smaller than it was than before the pandemic. the airline describes that to employees. and it says because of its trimmed fall schedule, there a

the federal aviation administration said it's issued more than $1 million in fines to unruly airlineso far in 2021. at some point, they're just going to have to incorporate this into their fee structure: "attention, passengers, our flight crew is coming around with snack boxes for purchase. if you'd like to scream obscenities at someone whose job it is to help you survive a crash, that will be $50. we take all major credit cards." ( laughter ). ♪ ♪ ♪ american airlines is trying to-- ( applause ) >> jon: yeah, yeah, baby. >> stephen: american airlines is trying to quell tantrums by extending its ban on alcohol in the main cabin until 2022. ( booing ) that will work! unless passengers now figure out how to order alcohol inside the airport. covid can have some unpredictable symptoms, and we just learned about a new one, because for the first time ever, a covid patient has been diagnosed with "restless anal syndrome."now, iear you asking, "steph apparently, it was experienced by the 77-year old patient as "deep anal discomfort, which gave him an essential urge to move". by the way, "esse

however, the federal aviation administration responded on sunday in a statement saying, quote, no faa air traffic staffing shortages have been reported since friday flight delays and cancellations occurred for a few hours friday afternoon due to the widespread severe weather military training and limited staffing in one area of the jacksonville air route traffic control center. some airlines continue to experience scheduling challenges due to the aircraft and crews being out of place where there's a lot going on. >> like internally staffing. and i think that all airlines are probably have some level town that is love is really kind of office. chain. >> think i think this isn't a weather issue sunday's cancellations come after hundreds of other cancellations made by the airline on saturday. this also happening during a busy travel weekend with a federal holiday on monday at sfo taylor key kron 4 news. >> facebook is saying it has now introduced several new controls to keep kids away from harmful content. this move is following testimony whistleblower who said that the social media gian

this is happening after the federal aviation administration reported an increase in the number of incidents with unruly passengers. last check, looking at the statistics here, 4,600 this year. that is a number that is reflective of what appears to be apparently the highest weekly increase in the last couple of months, and that's, obviously, the kind of behavior authorities have been trying to crack down on. we need to be clear. we don't know the circumstances about this particular case. all we know is that the 76 passengers and six crew aboard that plane are safe tonight as that investigation just gets started. >> and that is very good news. paolo sandoval, thank you so much. >>> we turn to the fight for the truth and the big lie about the 2020 election and the growing fear that we could see bloodshed like this or worse all over again in the near future. tonight former president donald trump is using every tactic he can think of to stop the house select committee on january 6th from hearing and reading what it wants to know about the attempted coup. of the four former trump aides subpoenaed

it's important to point out this is happening just days after the federal aviation administration releasednd-new numbers of incidents involving unruly passengers. now over 4,600 this year to date. and that is according to authorities the highest weekly increase in 2 1/2 months. the issue of unruly passengers has been something that's been heavy on the mind of u.s. authorities that have been trying to obviously cut down on that. in terms of this latest incident saturday afternoon, the investigation is just getting started. polo sandoval, cnn, new york. >>> austria's conservative chancellor resigned saturday under a cloud of suspicion surrounding a corruption scandal. sebastian kurz stepped down just a few days after his office was raided by prosecutors investigating allegations of bribery and breach of trust. opposition parties had threatened to bring a vote of no confidence against him next week. salma abdelaziz is following the story from london. i guess he decided to go before he was actually pushed. having said that, this lays the ground work for a bit of a change in austrian politics a

it's important to point out this is also happening days after the federal aviation administration releasedents involving unruly passengers. now over 4600 this year to date, and that is, according to authorities, the highest weekly increase in two and a half months. the issue of unruly passengers has been something that has certainly been heavy on the minds of u.s. authorities that have been trying to cut down on that. in terms of this latest incident that took place saturday afternoon, we tell you the investigation is just getting started. polo sandoval, cnn, new york. >> thank you so much for that. to california now, and the city of san jose has passed a resolution apologizing for its, quote, role in acts of discrimination against the chinese immigrant community and descends. >> acknowledging a deliberately set fire in san jose's chinatown in 18 87 after they declared it a nuisance and health hazard. homes and a community was destroyed because of xenophobia. we have more on san jose's path to making amends. ♪ >> reporter: this ceremony late last month in san jose, california, marked a mom

blamed the cancellations on disruptive weather and air traffic control issues but the federal aviation administrationnded saying there have been no air traffic staffing shortages reported since friday and notably no other airline seemed to be experiencing this level of disruption. the cancellations come after the union representing southwest pilots filed a request with the court on friday to temporarily block the airline's vaccine mandate and that's causing some to wonder whether the mandate is causing the cancellation of hundreds of flights. meanwhile the pilot's union insize pilots are not staging a sick out or any protest. they blame the airline's management saying our pilots will continue to overcome southwest airline management's poor planning as well as any external operational challenges. as we see the number of cancellations growing today and nearly 600 flights delayed, too, southwest said they're experiencing higher volume than usual and anticipate returning to normal service this week. i reached out for southwest for comment on the ongoing nature of the cancellations. no response just yet.

however, the federal aviation administration responded on sunday in a statement saying, quote, no faa air traffic staffing shortages have been reported since friday flight delays and cancellations occurred for a few hours friday afternoon due to the widespread severe weather military training unlimited staffing in one area of the jacksonville area traffic control center. some airlines continue to experience scheduling challenges due to the aircraft and crews being out of place where there's a lot going on. >> like internally staffing. and i think that all airlines are probably have some level town with his love is like kind of off the chain. >> i think i think this isn't a weather issue sunday's cancellations come after hundreds of other cancellations made by the airline on saturday. this also happening during a busy travel weekend. with a federal holiday on monday at sfo taylor. the psac ii kron 4 news. >> san francisco's fleet week is wrapping up after roaring over the bay this weekend. today the world famous navy blue angels put on another amazing show and kron 4 by all the action

because of air traffic control and weather issues prompted a rare statement from the federal aviation administration saying there were no such issues on saturday and sunday when southwest experienced the lion's shares of its cancellations, 1,100 flights on sunday, about 30% of its total schedule. so far we've seen about 348 cancellations today. that's about one in every ten flights. this is really caused by a ripple effect according to southwest. it says that it left planes and crews out of position. in fact, some crews didn't even have hotel rooms when they got to where they needed to be, and that cascaded onto passengers. the bottom line, thousands, tens of thousands, maybe 100,000 passengers stranded, and they are not happy about this. >> there's no explanation for this problem. so i suspect that southwest isn't being totally honest with us. >> literally couldn't even sleep last night really just because we didn't know what was going to happen. >> started looking through and there's nothing, nothing, nothing for like the next few days. >> reporter: southwest says it's really compounded in a way b

blame here on air traffic control and weather issues, which prompted a statement from the federal aviation administrationaying that was not the case on saturday and sunday when southwest experienced the lion's share of these cancellations. the bottom line here is that the airline is not out of the woods just yet. it says there was a ripple effect because of all these problems that left planes and their people in far-off places they weren't intended to be. in some cases flight crew were not able to get hotels. that all means tens of thousands of passengers were stranded. you're seeing the long lines at airports across the country. passengers report very long wait times to get on the phone with customer service, and they're not happy about this. >> normally it's the weather problem, it's across the board. all the airlines are impacted. i'm skeptical what the reasoning is behind that. >> if this doesn't correct by the holiday, the thanksgiving holiday season, it's going to be a nightmare in this country for the entire holiday season. >> there's no explanation for this problem, so i suspect that southwest is

the federal aviation administration says that last week saw 128 new incidents on planes.ike this september jet blue flight when this happened after an airline says that two people refused to wear masks. >> come on! >> how dare he. >> be civil. >> you gave me one [ bleep ] warning, one warning, one [ bleep ] warning. i pulled it off the second he said something, the second he said something i pulled it off my nose. >> everybody so is angry, everybody has a chip. "you made me do it, it's your fault." so many of the incidents sparked by people who can't seem to handle wearing a mask for a few hours on the plane. and we know people are mad after more than a year of this pandemic. we have seen it on planes, we've seen it at school board meetings, and at restaurants. but if we all just get vaccinated, wear a mask when necessary, have the patience with each other that we should, we'll all be back to normal a lot sooner. "the washington post" has some reporting tonight. >> there's software, and then there's industrial-grade software. forged from decades of industrial experience a

the federal aviation administration says 923 investigations have been initiated this year alone into s of regulations or federal laws. that number is up from 183 last year and 146 in 2019 assaulting a flight attendant is a felony and could land the offender up to 20 years in prison. the faa has also been handing out hefty fines this year after a surge in these unruly passenger incidents. most of those related to people not wanting to wear masks on board a plane today. american airlines says both the faa and fbi. we'll investigate yesterday's incident reporting in santa ana partisan at all. >> new mexico. investigators continue to look into the accidental in fatal shooting by actor alec baldwin on the set of rust and now the question is, is there a need for tighter controls on movies involving firearms and one south bay lawmaker says yes. kron four's. rob fladeboe has the story now from san jose. >> i think there's plenty of ways to, you know, to take the lie firearms off the actual said get him away from these crowds of of crews that are working on the sets. >> state senator dave cour

federal aviation administration says so far this year, there have been nearly 5,000 reports of unrulysengers with nearly 3500 of those cases involving people refusing to wear masks. >>> now to what's being called the future of travel, for passengers it could prevent a lot of stress and wasted time at the airport. cnn's pete muntean shows us how it is supposed to work. >> reporter: for the first time your next flight could be unlocked by facial recognition technology, starting at bag check, going through security, and all the way to the gate. success. >> you're welcome aboard. >> reporter: the new partnership between delta airlines and the transportation security administration aims to save passengers time as people are flooding back to airports. >> i'm really hopeful it will reduce stress and increase the speed at which people traverse through the airport. >> reporter: joseph showed me how it works at bag check. he said what typically takes 2 minutes 30 seconds is now down to 30 seconds. he says the process of verifying your identity at the tsa checkpoint is now down to only 6 seconds

however, the federal aviation administration responded on sunday in a statement saying, quote, no faair traffic staffing shortages have been reported since friday flight delays and cancellations occurred for a few hours friday afternoon due to the widespread severe weather military training and limited staffing in one area of the jacksonville air route traffic control center. some airlines continue to experience scheduling challenges due to the aircraft and crews being out of place where there's a lot going on. >> like internally staffing. and i think that all airlines are probably have some level town that is love is really kind of office. chain. >> think i think this isn't a weather issue sunday's cancellations come after hundreds of other cancellations made by the airline on saturday. this also happening during a busy travel weekend with a federal holiday on monday at sfo taylor key kron 4 news. >> let us talk about our 4 zone forecast tonight. a live look courtesy of the mount him, kim. and the one thing that we have been talking about and we're getting ready for the windy conditi

but the federal aviation administration put out a rare statement saying it was not a problem on saturday and sunday when southwest experienced the lion's share of its cancellations. look at the numbers here. 800 southwest flights canceled on saturday, 1,100 on sunday. that's about 30% of southwest total schedule for the day, but 350 flights canceled for today, about 1 in every 10 flights. a memo to southwest employees explains this ripple effect that this had on the operation, people and planes put in the wrong spots, some flight crews didn't have hotels. this really all trickled down to tens of thousands of passengers who were stranded by this whole mess. they were scrambling to find new flights. they were waiting in those long lines that you have seen. they were waiting on hold for hours and they are not happy about it. >> i was dealt a devastating blow that my flight was canceled, and they sent me a link to rebook. there were no other flights available at all on southwest or any other airline actually. and that's when i just began to cry. i was devastated. >> reporter: also interestin

here on air traffic control and weather issues, but what's so interesting is that the federal aviation administration issued a rare statement saying that those were not real factors on saturday and sunday when southwest had the lion's share of its cancellations. 800 flights cancelled on saturday. 1,100 flights cancelled on sunday. about 30% of southwest schedule overall. so far we've seen about 360 cancellationed today. one in every ten flights. the point is this is not over just yet and in a memo to southwest airlines employees the airline really describes a ripple effect of passengers and people in wrong positions and in some cases flight crews without hotel rooms this day and the bottom sideline that tens of thousands it of passengers were stranded by this waiting in the huge long lines that you have seen on hold in some cases for hours trying to get through to customer service, and they are not happy about this. >> there's no explanation for this problem, so i suspect that southwest isn't being totally honest with us. >> literally couldn't even sleep last night just because we didn't know what wa

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according to the federal aviation administration. pilots will have to wait 48 hours after each dose before they can operate. there. >> it's available to operate the flights during the thanksgiving and christmas holiday. >> captain eric ferguson, president of allied pilots association released a statement saying american airlines management continues to engage with on all things pandemic-related including the vaccine mandate. he went on to say the white house should permit the same alternatives to the vaccine that are expected to be allowed under the anticipated osha emergency rule covering companies with more than 100 employees this would ensure the same level of safety while preventing the destabilization of our industry on the eve of the holiday season. the union is hoping to get extension on the november 24 deadline. if you want to travel this thanksgiving and christmas. you can. >> you just, you know, need to be thoughtful about beer like you choose. >> can't wait for that. he had friends ask me what we're doing for thanksgiving.

. >> woodruff: the federal aviation administration questioned southwest's explanation since it was the only airline to experience major cancellations and delays over the weekend. both southwest and the pilots' union denied reports of a sick-out to protest the airline's covid vaccine requirement for employees. the central u.s. is recovering today from a band of severe weather that left thousands of people without power. tornads and baseball-sized hail struck parts of oklahoma overnight, damaging homes and buildings but sparing lives. the same storm system also brought heavy rain and strong winds to arkansas, kansas, missouri, and texas. in southern california, huntington beach reopened its waters today, just over a week after an oil spill from an offshore pipeline contaminated the shoreline. surfers returned to state and local beaches after test results showed no detectable amounts of oil associated toxins in the ocean. preliminary results a day after iraq's parliamentary elections showed a record low vor turnout, suggesting widespread distrust in the vote. the bloc led by shiite populi

prosecutors allege he gave false and incomplete information to the federal aviation administration about planes flight control system, which was implicated in the crashes that killed 346 people. he could face a sentence of up to 100 years in prison. in beirut, lebanon, least six people were killed and dozens wounded today in the worst muslim-christian fighting in years. don battles broke out as shiite militants of hezbollah protested against a judge investigating last year's explosion. many were shot by snipers on rooftops. >> there were protests, and then suddenly, gunfire began, shooting rpg's and everything. why is it our fault? isn't this a shame? vanessa: at least 46 people died in southern taiwan when fire engulfed a residential and commercial building. flames broke out in the early morning. the building was home to many elderly and poor residents as well as those with disabilities. the cause of the fire is under investigation. back in this country, it now appears in oil spill off southern california's coast this month was actually far smaller than first feared. the coast guard's n

the federal aviation administration put out a statement saying there were no weather or agency issues on saturday and sunday when southwest experienced the lion's share of cancellations and delays. it canceled 800 flights on saturday, 1,100 nights on sunday, about a third of its overall schedule for the day. it's canceled about 350 flights today, about 1 in every 10 flights. there is a ripple effect southwest says it put planes and people in the wrong spots. some flight crews didn't even have hotels and that left tens of thousands of passengers in the lurch in these long lines, scrambling to get on new flights. also waiting on hold for hours and they are not happy about this. >> there's no explanation for this problem, so i suspect that southwest isn't being totally honest with us. >> couldn't even sleep because we didn't know what was going to happen. >> there's nothing, nothing, nothing for like the next few days. >> reporter: we have obtained a new memo from southwest airlines management in which it tells employees this was actually made harder because most of these problems starte

. >> according to the federal aviation administration. pilots will have to wait 48 hours after each dose before they can operate. there. >> available to operate the flights during the thanksgiving and christmas holiday. i love the union had made a similar statement. >> captain eric ferguson. president of allied pilots association released a statement saying american airlines management continues to engage with on all things pandemic-related including the vaccine mandate. he went on to say the white house should permit the same alternatives to the vaccine that are expected to be allowed under the anticipated osha emergency rule covering companies with more than 100 employees. this would ensure the same level of safety while preventing the destabilization of our industry on the eve of the holiday season. the union is hoping to get extension on the november 24 deadline. if you want to travel this thanksgiving and christmas. you can. >> you just, you know, need to be thoughtful about beer like you choose. >> let's talk about our 4 zone foreca

it's important to point out this is also happening days after the federal aviation administration releasednruly passengers. now over 4600 this year to date, and that is, according to authorities, the highest weekly increase in two and a half months. the issue of unruly passengers has been something that has certainly been heavy on the minds of u.s. authorities that have been trying to cut down on that. in terms of this latest incident that took place saturday afternoon, we tell you the investigation is just getting started. polo sandoval, cnn, new york. >> thank you for that. >>> joining me to talk about this and more is cnn transportation analyst mary scarf yo, former inspector general for the u.s. department of transportation. good morning. nice to have you. take us through -- >> good morning. >> take us through the protocol here for the pilot. you get word from a flight attendant that the passengers are scared. they don't know exactly what's happened, but they see a guy doing something weird with his luggage, we're told. is that enough for an emergency landing? >> well, it is, of course