the repairs they also cited strong evidence that it wasn't tested during installation by a lion air engineering staff fed with false data the empty store system pushed the plane's nose down leaving pilots fighting a losing battle to maintain control neither their training nor the aircraft manual included information about m. cas. investigators also addressed cockpit procedures. were busy even. while they're. flying. in the. boeing has issued a statement saying it is working to address all the report's recommendations to prevent similar flight control problems from recurring all 737 max 8 jets are grounded worldwide boeing is under intense pressure to explain all the problems associated with the flight control system that played the key role in the lion air crash and one in ethiopia 5 months later. and now to some of the other business stories we're following for you the united auto workers union members have reportedly voted to accept a tentatively agreed settlement with general motors management the agreement came after a bitter 6 week long strike involving $49000.00 workers which cost g.m. an

during a repair they also cited strong evidence that it wasn't tested during installation by a lion air engineering staff fed with false data the empty store system pushed the plane's nose down leaving pilots fighting a losing battle to maintain control over their training nor the aircraft manual included information about m cas. investigators also addressed cockpit procedures. boeing has issued a statement saying it is working to address all the report's recommendations to prevent similar flight control problems from recurring all 737 max 8 jets are grounded worldwide boeing is under intense pressure to explain all the problems associated with the flight control system that played the key role in the lion air crash and one in ethiopia 5 months later. once a year the alliance for affordable internet which includes google and facebook surveys how expensive internet access is around the world this time it looked at $136.00 low and middle income countries and it found that only 40 percent of people in africa even have internet access and those who do pay more than on any other continent but some afric

lion air investigation with the installation and calibration of the faulty angle. this was also whistleblower statements raising significant concerns with lion air operations and maintenance programs former chief engineer for ethiopian airlines found a whistleblower complaint with the record-keeping and maintenance training and also the air carrier went to the maintenance records of the 737 max alleged the day after the accident. unfortunately operational pressures and robust safety culture can negatively impact aviation safety that's another layer of that model. the ntsb has confirmed along with certification operational factors in addition with that review the department of transportation at the request of the committee to begin a review of those standards and the impact and that's another thing i have talked about as a potential problem. i want to be crystal clear this is not an effort to blame the pilots. i also don't absolve boeing of its responsibility the new york times magazine article describe the changing nature of the industry of the impact on airmen ship also decade-long transformation of the entire business of flying that they became so automated that the air travel boom could take over th

between the lion air crash and ethiopian air crash, it defies logic to me that some of the folks that wrote emails didn't come to you and to expertise and engineering of the engines of the planes and say this is what we were talking about. was there any reaction at all like that within your company after the lion air crash, don't tell me because you didn't have the official report, that would have maybe saved those people in that ethiopian airplane. >> senator, i think about that decision over and over every day. if we knew everything back then that we know now, we would have made a different decision. >> the question, did people come to you at the highest level, at any level, say wait a minute, this is sounding familiar? yes or no. >> senator, after the first accident we convened our broad technical team across boeing it wasn't any single individuals or small team, it was a broad team we brought all of the experts to bear, trying to assemble data from the accident, understanding what occurred. we quickly with the faa issued an operational bullet or bulletin to remind everyone of the training and emergency scenario. >> around that particular system

the families of the victims of the lion air flight 610 and ethiopian airlines flight 302 accidents. he was accompanied by boeing commercial airplanes' chief engineer. the committee also heard from current and former ntsb chairs who provided safety recommendations. >> this hearing will come to order. thank you all for being here today. one year ago today, lion air flight 610 crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from jakarta, indonesia. all 189 people on board perished. , ethiopian later airlines flight 302 departed ethiopia. just like lion air flight 610, begin opn -- ethiopian airlines 302 experienced problems and crashed. all 157 persons on board died. both of these accidents were entirely preventable. both of these accidents were entirely preventable. we cannot fathom the pain experienced by the families of those 346 human beings who were lost. many family members were here today and we appreciate their attendance. them i appreciate many of meeting with members of the committee. committee, if this promise their loved ones that we are working to obtain a full answer as to how to prevent future tragedies. ,hese families deserve answers accou

expected, held on the one-year anniversary of the lion air crash with family members present sitting behind ceo muilenberg from boeing and his chief engineer hamilton. very dramatic scenario, what everybody wanted to know, people in the industry were waiting to hear, would they answer the question, and the question really was not were they culpable. they have admitted that, but where did things go wrong? where was mcas in the company? did they decide to let it go off a single sensor point of failure? who were the people in the chain of command. none of that was answered today. we got very, very few specifics. i hope we get more specifics tomorrow when they're in front of the house. cheryl: kathleen i talked to pilots who fly the max, who did fly the max when it was in the air. they do really fault the mcas system. the fact that boeing put that system in, software up grade. they had to do it because the way they redesigned the engines and the wings of the max. they didn't really educate pilots or really give a head's up, talking about southwest, american, in particular, that the system was even in place. that to me seems a big fault on boei

the families of the victims of the lion air flight 610 and ethiopian airlines flight 302 accidents. he was accompanied by boeing commercial airplanes' chief engineer. the committee also heard from current and former ntsb chairs who provided safety recommendations. >> this hearing will come to order. thank you all for being here today. one year ago t,

between the lion air crash and the ethiopian air crash, it defies logic to me that some of these folks who wrote e-mails or sent text messages did not come to you and to the expertise of the engineering of these engines and of these planes and say this is what we were talking about. was there any reas wul within your company after the lion air crash and don't tell me because you didn't have the official report that would have maybe saved those people in that ethiopian airplane? >> senator, i think about that decision over and over every day. and if we knew everything back then that we know now we would have made a difference. >> the question, did people come to you at the highest levels, at any level and say wait a minute, this is sounding familiar. yes or no? >> senator, after the first accident, we convened our broad technical team across boeing. it wasn't any single individuals or small team. it was a broad team. we brought all those expertsaas trying to understand what occurred. we issued an operational bulletin to remind everyone of the training and the emergency scenario. >> around the particular system? >> around run away sabtabilizer and at the same time, we began work on sof

lion air accident. however, you know, these text messages were from 2016. it was as mcas was being put in their engineeringnt may not have meant anything about the mcas system as it would actually function in the airplane, but perhaps problems with how you're going to program it into a simulator to train pilots. we just don't know the context but if, in fact, it was a lie, because this test pilot, forkner, also indicated that he made a request to have the mcas system's description removed from the manuals, if, in fact, it was a straight-up lie and they were -- and he was part of a plan to hide things, that's very, very bad, obviously. i've never, i've never heard of that in the aviation industry, involving transport aircraft that's why i think there's a lot more to this story that will provide some more context. but with regardless, it is disturbing >> yeah. i mean, and jeff, i suspect we'll probably be hearing more as the days go here. these messages coming out in the midof boeing and ceo dennis muilenburg getting ready to go to capitol hill and finally testify in front of lawmakers. which raises another

engineers. outsourcing things like screws maybe that cost $10 here and 99 cents somewhere else. there is a whole lot of answering. after the lion airrtainly boeing down played the whole thing as a one-off and then over and over again well, these were foreign pilots and not trained. some are saying you should have provided real simulators with these planes as well as better instructions. what was said, what wasn't said. how to handle when the plane was going in con direction, the computer in another. a lot of answers people are looking for and hopefully we'll get them. >> jon: boeing is at last i checked the nation's largest exporter. they are are getting hammered losing billions of dollars. the whole country has an interest in getting that thing fixed and getting the plane back in the air or exports going again. >> you are 1,000 percent right. i tell people to stay invested in the stock. the ceo is on the line. he already lost the chairmanship job. 20 years, 44,000, 6.1, 9.1. over the next next 44,000 planes sold around the world for $6.1 trillion and maintenance of $9.1 million. a tremendous amount of export money for our country