u.s. transportation department is examining how the country's aviation regulator the f.a.a. certified the boeing seven three seven max atack croft several countries have grounded the planes in the wake of two fatal crashes in less than six months to go in as more from washington d.c. . to fatal crashes of the brand new boeing seven thirty seven max eight months apart and every day it seems there are new troubling revelations the federal aviation administration is in charge of making sure this plane is safe but now there are reports the f.a.a. said it didn't have enough money to check out all of the plane systems with its own employees so they asked boeing engineers to police themselves. a controversial move but one that has some defenders. there is always a risk of delegating some of your direct sort of occasion authority over the aircraft design but you need the manufacturer's expertise they know their product better than anyone investigators are trying to determine if a new system was responsible for downing both planes boeing put in new sensors in the autopilot system but

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u.s. transportation department says it's forming an outside panel to review the. aviation administration aircraft certification program that's following two fatal boeing seven three seven x. crashes boeing is working on software and training updates for the airliner the failure of a new automatic control system is suspected in the crashes. south africa's most valuable public company naspers plans to list its online assets on the euro next stock market in amsterdam it would be one of the largest internet listings on the exchange the media group began as a newspaper publisher a century ago. now north korea appears to have begun a u. turn on a decision to pull out of an inter korean liaison office seoul says some north korean officials have returned to that office in the border city of k song now it's too early to tell if a conflagration is back on track but engagement between the two koreas has stumbled after the failed trunk kim summit last month so the unification ministry which deals with into korean affairs said four to five north koreans showed up for work at t

u.s. transportation department says it will examine how the country's aviation regulator the f.a.a. certified the boeing seven three seven max eight several countries have grounded the planes in the wake of two fatal crashes in less than six months on tuesday the white house nominated a new head of the f.a.a. the post had been vacant for more than a year particle lane as more from washington d.c. . the white house has announced a new head for the federal aviation administration that has been under fire it's steven dixon he's a former senior vice president for the delta airlines an american company he was at one point in charge of regulation safety and pilot training graduate of the air force academy used to fly the f. fifteen fighter jet so he has the resume to get through the senate but they're going to want to ask some tough questions and a lot of people are now asking questions of the f.a.a. we now know the department of transportation is having its internal watchdog look into exactly how the boeing seven hundred seventy eight was certified there are reports that the f.a.a. the w

u.s. transportation department says it will examine how the country's aviation regulator the f.a.a. certified the boeing seven three seven max eight aircraft several countries have grounded the planes in the wake of two fatal crashes in less than six months. the international is accusing the u.s. military of killing civilians in somalia contradicting claims by the u.s. government satellite imagery from five out of more than one hundred air strikes and found that at least fourteen civilians were killed the u.s. government acknowledges that strikes under the trumpet ministration have tripled and that hundreds of fighters have been killed but it insists that there have been zero civilian casualties. today with headlines the news continues right here on al-jazeera after this is europe. africa's most populous nation a blah just economy has a youth unemployment problem and a bit to control the internet of the future out some sad kind of digital i am told today is folding we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in. counting the cost on al-jazeera. what about th

u.s. transportation department says it's forming a panel of external experts to review its own aircraft certification program the department's aviation regulator the f.a.a. they have come under fire for waiting too long to ground boeing seven three seven months after the crashes the failure of a new automatic flight control system is suspected to be a cause of the excellence the plane maker is working on software and training updates for the. german chemicals produce a bio johnson and johnson have agreed to jointly pay seven hundred seventy five million dollars to settle thousands of rules in the u.s. plaintiffs suit them over the drugs are also saying the blood thinner called side effects like unstoppable bleeding the two companies have stressed that payment does not mean that they are accepting the liability. apple as one of its flashy product launches in california but this time there haven't been any clever new gadgets instead a raft of new services including video streaming it's a sign of the i phone makers change of focus as names to compete with fostering rivals like netflix and amazon. showti

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u.s. transportation department orders an order of how the plane was certified. now that the u.n. is describing cycling is one of the worst weather disasters ever to hit the southern hemisphere millions of people have been affected in mozambique zimbabwe and malawi at least one thousand people may have been killed in mozambique alone aid agencies are calling it the worst humanitarian crisis in the nation's history three days of mourning have been declared the storm then hit zimbabwe where tens of thousands of people have been caught off and in malawi nearly a million people still need humanitarian aid we have correspondents across the region in a moment we'll hear the latest from harry metasearch in zimbabwe before this report from malcolm webb in central mozambique the cyclamen brought ferocious winds and days of torrential rains just a few days ago this river was above the level of what remains of this road and it swept away the entire bridge that was. you can see some of the few pieces that remain of it and that's left people stranded on both sides mobile communications are dow

u.s. transportation department says it will examine how the country's aviation regulator the f.a.a. certified the boeing seven three seven max eight aircraft follows two fatal crashes in less than six months there's a lot more news coming up right after the string. of . i am for me ok and i'm really good we are in the stream today people power in algeria we will ask how popular movement for political reform is changing the country are you in algeria what changes do you want to see us now live via twitter or in our you tube shop. option either i'm a reporter i'm a little civil and you are in the stream. protesters in algeria are saying enough is enough for weeks young algerians have been leading a movement against president abdulaziz beautifully who has ruled the country for twenty years bowing to the pressure of protesters last week reversed his decision to run for a fifth term in office despite his promise to stand down protests have continued on tuesday thousands of students professors and health workers demonstrated in algiers to demand immediate change many criticize the governm

u.s. transportation department is creating a special commission to look into how new satisfiedesigns are inounding of the 737 max family. the body will review how the of.a. uses employees playmakers to certify designs. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and at tic-toc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. this is bloomberg. ♪ is juliette now with a check on the markets. we aree: annabelle, bouncing back after the near 2% msciyesterday on the asia-pacific index, the biggest drop of 2019 so far. today it is up by 1%, led by in the are seeing nikkei index, up over 2%. we are seeing broad gains across most of the major markets we track. a slump ine has been mainland chinese players today. looking at the bond space, we are seeing yields recover in a lot of the notes, the 30-year japanese note yields are up 3.5 basis points. yields are also higher on the australian 2-year note. the 10-year note in the u.s. has recovered a little bit in terms belowlds after it fell 2.4% last night on monday for the first time since december, 2017. we have been watch

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u.s. transportation department says it will examine the how the country's aviation regulator the f.a.a. certified the boeing seven three seven macside aircraft several countries and grounded the planes in the wake of two fatal crashes in less than six months well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story stage and that's watching. editing human geno's scientists gather in geneva to better regulate research on this controversial issue but how will officials in force rules around our d.n.a. and what are the risks of advanced research into human genetics this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm hasn't seeker our genetic makeup has fascinated scientists and medical research as for decades they've been significant advances in the field of rewriting the blueprint of life or on d.n.a. it's been used to treat and prevent a number of disorders and diseases but it could also be used to create what some have called design a baby's the medical world is divided over the approach last year a scientist in china said he created the world's first gene

u.s. transport department is investigating the faa and its approval of aircraft.s in federal safety approvals for new aircraft, and comes during a time of immense pressure on boeing. the 737 max is its workforce play. the fleet has essentially been , chinay grounded starting the grounding, and the faa finally joining as well. hasbiggest crisis boeing experienced in about two decades. we are still waiting the end of the investigation into the flight data recorders, as well as the longer investigation joining the connection between the two ethiopian air and lion air crashes. let's get you the first word news now. a new report says the australian budget will return to surplus in fiscal 2020, but a free election spending spree would be a threat to the bottom line. it is said the april 2 budget will show a cash surplus of almost $2 billion aussie. someone home prices are reverberating throughout the economy. the australian government is warning that the property market could hit the wider economy. it is said that falling house prices could slide over into small busines

u.s. transportation department is examining how the country's aviation regulator the f.a.a. sexify the boeing seven three seven max eight aircraft several countries have grounded the planes in the wake of two fatal crashes in less than six months ago hayne has more from washington d.c. . two fatal crashes of the brand new boeing seven thirty seven max eight months apart and every day it seems there are new troubling revelations the federal aviation administration is in charge of making sure this plane is safe but now there are reports the f.a.a. said it didn't have enough money to check out all of the plane systems with its own employees so they asked boeing engineers to police themselves. a controversial move but one that has some defenders. there is always a risk of delegating some of your direct sort of occasion authority over the aircraft design but you need the manufacturers expertise they know their product better than anyone investigators are trying to determine if a new system was responsible for downing both planes boeing put in new sensors in the autopilot system b

u.s. transportation departments examining how the country's aviation regulator certified the boeing seven three seven max eight aircraft several countries have grounded the planes in the wake of two fatal crashes in less than six months has more from washington. two fatal crashes of the brand new boeing seven thirty seven max eight months apart and every day it seems there are new troubling revelations the federal aviation administration is in charge of making sure this plane is safe but now there are reports the f.a.a. said it didn't have enough money to check out all of the plane systems with its own employees so they asked boeing engineers to police themselves. a controversial move but one that has some defenders. there is always a risk of delegating some of your direct sort of occasion authority over the aircraft design but you need the manufacturers expertise they know their product better than anyone investigators are trying to determine if a new system was responsible for downing both planes boeing put in new sensors in the autopilot system but it didn't tell the airlines or the pi

u.s. transportation department orders an investigation into how the seven three seven max plane was twenty five. so the u.n. is describing cyclamen each one of the worst weather disasters ever to hit the southern hemisphere millions of people have been affected in mozambique and zimbabwe and in malawi at least one thousand people may have been killed amazing because aid agencies are calling it the worst humanitarian crisis in the nation's history three days of. morning have been declared the storm then hit zimbabwe where tens of thousands of people have been cut off rescue teams are warning that time is running out for those affected and in malawi nearly a million people still need humanitarian aid with conditions making have it causing havoc with transport infrastructure we have correspondents across the region in a moment we'll hear the latest from her room a chance are in zimbabwe but first this report from malcolm where in central mozambique the cyclamen brought ferocious winds and days of torrential rains just a few days ago this river was up above the level of what remains of this ro

u.s. transportation department is creating a special commission to look into how new are certifiedns in response to the grounding of a 737 max family. it will evaluate how the faa oversee the process including the growing trend of using employees of playmakers to sign off designs. the review comes alongside a criminal investigation into the 737 max approval process. and president xi jinping witnessed the signing of billions of dollars of agreements in france, including an order for 300 planes from airbus. the deal is for 290 single-i'll -- a three to single -- single-aisle planes. the cash cow remains grounded around the world after two fatal crashes. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. >> thank you. u.k. parameters to theresa may have lost control over the brexit process. house of commons has voted 329-302 to strip power away from may. for more, we're joined by emma ross-thomas from london. we are finally going to see those indicative votes. how significant is this latest de

u.s. transportation department creating a special commission to review how aircraft are approved. commission will evaluate how the faa overseas the process and their use of manufacturer employees to sign off on designs. the software update for the 737 max 8, the lawmakers say they should get an independent review before that can happen, that could be why we are looking at boeing taking down a little bit right now -- ticking down a little bit right now. jason: coming up, the president meeting with lawmakers on trade, while the new nafta deal faces an uncertain road. ♪ jason: this is "balance of power." i'm jason kelly. for bloomberg first word news we get a courtney donohoe during informed the pentagon congress it has authorized funding to go to building the wall on the u.s. border with mexico. acting defense secretary patrick shanahan directed the army corps fencing ins to build yuma arizona and el paso, texas. venezuela has suspended school and work activities because of power outages after the nation's information minister had just a clear the lights were coming back on. it is t

u.s. transportation department is creating a special commission to look into how new aircraft are certified. that is in response to the grounding of the 737 max family. we will look at that growing trend of using employees have playmakers to sign off -- and playmakers to sign off designs. president xi jinping has witnessed the signing of billions of dollars in agreements, including an order of 300 planes from airbus. single aisle and wide-body planes. billion before traditional discounts. it is another blow for boeing, 737 familycow remains grounded. global news 24 hours a day, on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am jessica summers. this is bloomberg. theresa may is facing losing control over the brexit process whether -- as the house debates whether to pick up the process. and the business minister has quit prime minister may's government, bringing more turmoil. kathleen hays is watching this for us. rejectedister may those votes over and over again, but now she doesn't have the support to get the third vote into p

u.s. transportation department launched an inquiry into boeing's top selling jet.sue add subpoena to at least one person involved in the jet's development seeking e-mails and other documents. ethiopian's transportation minister says a preliminary report of the black boxes collected at the site shows that there are clear celerities between the two crashes, yet he wouldn't specify what those similarities are aside from saying it will be a month before more is known. >> if the ethiopians known their parallels between these two crashes, speed is of the essence. there's no sense in waiting a month. >> flight simulations based on data from both crashes right after takeoff shows the plane jolting up and down erratically. sources say the captain radioed brake, brake, request back home, request vector for landing. three minutes later, the plane disappeared from radar killing all on board. boeing's 737 max 8 and 9 planes have been grounded in the u.s. and countries worldwide pending the investigation. the ntsb is assisting ethiopian officials. mona ckosar. >>> on oakland cit

u.s. transportation department has just announced it will be naming a special committee to review the faa's aircraft certification process following two fatal boeing crashes of that max jet. the special committee will be initially led by former airline pilots union president and retired air force general darren mchugh -- mcdoo, rather. no doubt he will be looking at boeing's policy, where it sold special features as extras or add-ons to customers instead of just giving them for free. now boeing is requiring all owners of the max jet, even though it will be free, to make the effort to actually place an order for the software upgrade that ostensibly fixes the faulty sensor that erroneously reports the jet may be stalling. may or may not have been the cause of the ethiopian airlines crash but the stock not getting dinged, up about 1.66% in part because qatar expressed confidence in the plane maker despite the crashes. qatar airways, major boeing customer, has ordered 20 max jets and says they are committed to buy an additional 40. >>> let me get to this news. the plane maker has invited more t

u.s. transportation department and she is also an attorney representing families of plane crash victims. she has current litigation pending against boeing. mary, so it's not just as it turns out these two crashes that may or may not be linked, it's also these very alarming complaints that cnn has not gotten their hands on from pilots. why is this model aircraft still in the air? >> well, the model of this aircraft is still in the air because the faa seine gauging in a very clever use of words. they're down to wordsmithing. what they have said is, look, the aircraft was certified as airworthy and until we have evidence that it's not airworthy, we're not going to go back and mess with that airworthy certificate. but this revelation of these five pilot reports in addition to the fact that two brand-new airplanes have fallen from the sky and we don't know -- it makes the faa statement look ridiculous and a shirking of responsibleability. these pilot reports are highly significant because this is a government reporting hotline where pilots can report things and know that they won't be retalia

department of transportation are scrutinizing development and approval for boeing's best-selling jet. let's discuss now with cnn transportation analyst who is also the former inspector general for the u.srtation department and an attorney representing families of plane crash victims. we know you do currently have litigation against boeing. good to talk to you because you put this in perspective with us especially as your former role as the inspector general of transportation. when you see this headline in "the wall street journal," what is that saying to you based on your experience? >> well, it says to me that my old office is doing exactly what they're supposed to be doing, which is safeguarding the safety of the american public and the taxpayers dollars. so when the office of the inspector general launches an investigation, it can actually have two different prongs. the office of inspector general can do civil investigations and civil work. they have auditors and lists and they will be analyzing whether the federal aviation administration perform its role as the safety oversight agency and whether it's processes are robust. whether what the faa says it did it really did and whether

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u.s. transportation department, justice department, and fbi are digging into the matter. global news, 24 hours a day on air and @tictoc on twitter powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. manus: thanks for the roundup. jay powell is holding rates steady. global risks featured heavily in the decision. he cited growing trends from abroad including slowing growth in china and europe as well as brexit. while the central banks dovishness may be reanimating the animal spirits, risks large on global outlooks. john roe was the head of multi-asset funds at legal and general investment management. i have gone to reflecting back on your last comment. you talk about china. the jp morgan a-shares. what i want to get a sense from you is, we shifted our view. we really have shifted our view on china. , what does this do to the trade deal? >> there's a lot of expectation there will be a trade deal. the comments overnight from trump around keeping tariffs in place are more realistic. he will do a deal, but he wants to keep the issue

u.s. transportation department orders an audit of how the plane was certified and in sports cycling's pacesetters looks set to stay ahead of the pack as team sky lands a huge new sponsorship. the u.n. is describing. as one of the worst weather disasters ever to hit the southern hemisphere millions of people have been affected in mozambique zimbabwe and malawi and least a thousand people may have been killed in mozambique alone aid agencies are calling it the worst humanitarian crisis in the nation's history three days of mourning have now been declared while the storm went on to zimbabwe where tens of thousands of people have been cut off there and in malawi nearly a million people still need humanitarian aid well we have correspondents across the region in a moment we'll hear the latest on the zimbabwe but also have a report from malcolm webb but first for me as this latest report from the port city of better. the situation here appears to be becoming increasingly difficult just behind us as you can see power lines are down in this particular street but that is the picture across the city there'

u.s. airports, tonight the u.s. department of transportationas fined american airlines $1 million and delta $750,000 for violating federal rules. >> it says, airlines, you are responsible and accountable to your passengers for their experience. >> reporter: the hefty fines come after investigators cited more than 20 flights over several years where passengers were forced to wait on planes for hours. >> nobody likes to be on the tarmac for an extensive period of time. >> reporter: though delays on tarmacs can be common -- >> we do apologize for the situation. >> reporter: -- the department of transportation rules say airlines cannot keep domestic passengers waiting on the tarmac for more than three hours without giving them an opportunity to deplane. tonight, a fine meant to send a message. >> miguel joining us now. what do the airlines say about the big fines levied today? >> lester, both american and delta say they've apologized to their customers and also compensated them. it's one reason why both airlines are only paying a fraction of the fi

u.s. airports, tonight the u.s. department of transportation has fined american airlines $1 million and delta $750,0 for violating federal rules. >> it says aiines, you are responsible and accountable to your passengers for their experience. >> reporter: the hefty fines come after investigators cited more than 20 flights over several years where passengers were forcedn to wait planes for hours. >> nobody likes to be on the tarmacorn extensive period of time. >> reporter: though delays on tarmacs can be common. >> we do apologize for the situatr:n. >> reporhe department of transportation rules say airlines cannot keepes dc passengers waiting on the tarmac for more than three hours thout giving the an opportunity to deplane. fine meant to send a message. >> american and delta say they've apologized to theom cus and also compensated them. it's one reason why both airlines are paying a frac fon of theires. >>> new tonight, most of us have been there thinking we cankip some sleep during the week and then catch up on the weekend, but you may want to

u.s. department of transportation as examining how the country's aviation regulations certified the boeing seven twenty seven max eight aircraft seven countries have the planes following two fatal crashes in five months. from washington. two fatal crashes of the brand new boeing seven thirty seven max eight months apart and every day it seems there are new troubling revelations the federal aviation administration is in charge of my. this plane is safe but now there are reports the f.a.a. said it didn't have enough money to check out all of the plane systems with its own employees so they asked boeing engineers to police them so. a controversial move but one that has some defenders. there is always a risk of delegating some of your direct sort of occasion authority over the aircraft design but you need the manufacturer's expertise they know their product better than anyone investigators are trying to determine if a new system was responsible for downing both planes boeing put in new sensors in the autopilot system but it didn't tell the airlines or the pilots that it was installed when they

u.s. transportation department inspector general want to know the relationship between the faa and the aircraftpany is too friendly. the inspector general is expected to announce a change in how the faa oversees aircraft companies. the faa defense a relationship, saying an open, collaborative approach works well with dealing with new aircraft. >>> to a new effort underway right now in washington on healthcare reform. the ways house democrats want to change the affordable care act, as republicans want to get rid of it all. >>> and homeowners say they are and i new sarpy the critics say the homeless have nowhere else to go. how berkeley is restricting rvs on city streets. >>> it's a tough commute, although it's better than we thought. it has not been raining here, for example, in the east bay here for the last little bit, and traffic is improving. >>> well, so far it's mainly been north of marin counties where there's been decent amount there. a little bit is on the way, but overall if you don't have any rain, you're probably not going to get much, but if you are, maybe some thunderstorms popping

u.s. federal prosecutors getting involved. according to "the wall street journal," the prosecutors and u.s. department of transportation are scrutinizing the development of boeing's max jet airliners. the inquiries come amid probes of regulators' safety of the new planes launched in october when indonesia's lion air crashed into the java sea. it's ramped up after the second crash earlier this month with investigators pointing out multiple similarities between the two. here with the latest is nbc's morgan radford. >> reporter: thousands line the streets of addis ababa, 17 empty caskets the focus of a nation in mourning. remains of the victims of the doomed ethiopian airlines flight won't be recovered for months. but news that the black boxes pulled from the field where the plane crashed are already yielding information for investigators. the ethiopian transport minister says preliminary results show clear similarities with an earlier disaster, a lion air flight that went down just months ago in indonesia. in that case investigators say the boeing plane crashed when an automated system meant to keep the 737 max 8 aircraf

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u.s. military acknowledges that the number of strikes has tripled on the trumpet ministration and says hundreds of fighters have been killed but it maintains that they have been no civilian casualties. the u.s. department of transportation says it will examine how the country's aviation regulator the f.a.a. a certified at the boeing seven three seven max eight aircraft it follows two facial pressures in five months. well those are the headlines on al-jazeera the stream that's coming up next on march twenty fourth thailand will hold its first general election since the two thousand and fourteen military coup most thais are hoping for political stability but after years of military rule this election year join us for live coverage as thailand vote on zero zero. i am for me ok and i really could be here in the stream today people power in algeria we will ask how popular movement for political reform is changing the country are you in algeria what changes do you want to see us now live via twitter or in our you tube channel. option either i'm a reporter i'm a little civil and you are in the stream. protesters in algeria are saying enough is enough for weeks young algerians have been leading a movement against president abde

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u.s. department of transportation is calling for a wide-ranging review of how the boeing 737 max earned a certification from regulators and the airline itself. it is separate to the criminal investigation the inspector general is conducting. range isax jet grounded globally. following two crashes in five months that may be linked. than -- y then more more than 2700 journalists. >> officials concerned china is pushing back on trade talks. but president trump continues to sound optimistic. >> china is going very well. thank you, everybody. >> real insight there. how china executive editor is with us. there is not complete agreement on how china should execute this deal. people in the rest generally snaps his fingers. but there is a domestic constituency. >> are they pushing back because it is the structural issues? it seems like the u.s., it is likely they are going to lift tariffs. two concerns. china does not want to give up so much it undercuts its own economy. there is concern if xi jinping goes to florida, he is going to ask for more. >> that is the danger, isn't it? do we know anythin

u.s. department of transportation itspector general's office and a house committee has launched an investigatione certification process for the s x. employees have been told to retain documents. this, as we're learning more about the final minutes of one of the two 737-maxes that crashed. as stall warnings blared, shaking the controls on lion air flight 610, its pilots rushed to f entify the source of the problem with their 737-max, according to published reports. a censor malfunction had taiggered a new anti-stall system, pushing the nose of the plane down nearly two dozen times. minutes from disaster, the captain asked the first officer to take the controls while he checked the flight manual for a solution. just before the crash, the first officer is saying, "allah akbar," "god is great," and isaying for a miracle. fothony roman is a pilot and flight instructor. >> well, the training is insufficient. su's clear that it was insufficient. pilots should be reactive to emergencies based on their training. it should be almost automatic. >> reporter: on that same htane's previous flight the day befo

u.s. department of transportation has opened an investigation into the f.a.a.s approval of boeing's seven thirty seven max eight planes the report comes after the seven thirty seven max the planes were all globally grounded last week in the wake of the two deadly accidents involving the aircraft model now according to the report the investigation will be focused on an automatic safety system implicated in the october crash involving lyon air in indonesia it is unknown if the ethiopian airlines flight that crashed a week ago will play any role in this investigation or not now the report also says that a subpoena has also been issued by a grand jury in washington seeking documents including quote correspondence e-mails and other messages from at least one person involved in the development of the seven thirty seven max planes however this has not been independently verified now both crashes which occurred only five months apart are being investigated by the indonesian and ethiopian governments with the help of the u.s. and boeing now officials are saying there ar

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transportation analyst. she is the former inspector general at the u.s. department of transportation.nd she is practicing law and represents crash victims and currently has litigation pending against boeing. always good to have you with us. >> thank you. >> i want to start with some new information that we have. the federal aviation administration announced boeing developed a software patch and pilot training program to address the problems associated with the boeing 737 max. identified in the october lion air crash. how far does that go to fix this problem as far as you're concerned snd would that make wrou feel safe getting on the plane? >> no. i don't think it will be enough for the regulators and certainly not the investigators. who are investigating boeing. boeing was working on that software patch after the lion air and when ethiopia went down the faa quickly entered an order saying it had to be done by april. in that order, indicated that it might not have been done even at that time. and so now with the questions about the software and training and how many things went wrong,

u.s. very much in focus. it is said to be investigating how the boeing 737 max earned its wings. we have the latest next. this is bloomberg. ♪ the u.s. department of transportationobing the faa's original approval of the boeing 737 max 8 family. the report comes after an initial inspection of the ada reporters from the crashed ethiopian airlines jet is showing similarities with another crash five months ago. we are joined by our senior editor. what do we know about this probe, and what will they be looking at? reporter: bloomberg can confirm there has been a probe launched by the inspector general's office of the department of transportation into have the boeing 737 max aircraft fleet got approval. it is the second largest u.s. government contractor. it is an absolute beast in terms of capitol hill lobbying. you do not see many shops like boeing. but is boeing to good? did they get too close? there is a procedure by which sometimes the faa -- it is not the most resource rich sometimes.n it will farm out part of its regulatory check works to the company itself, and they get a report back. the question is, did they farmout too much? was it entirely right or did it

u.s. department of transportation and an attorney who represents families of airline crash victims and currentlyas litigation pending against boeing. so at the hearings wednesday on boeing safety concerns, we heard transportation secretary elaine chou saying based on the information they had on march 10, 11, and 12, there was no factual basis to ground the boeing 737 max 8. what's your reaction to that? >> your hearing was like being in an alternate universe. there's so much information ticket come out, not to mention the inspector general reporting before the lion air ethiopian crash because there were tremendous difficulties at the faa oversight in a 2015 report. it was really surprising to hear the officials from the department of transportation and the faa really sums are their whole situation and they didn't see a problem. >> because at the hearings the acting head of the faa defended his agency's handling of the boeing 737 max jet and stood behind decisions made but did acknowledge that they deligated the approval off that antistore system that could be a factor in these two fatal crashes.

ethiopia's transport ministry says it is very likely a preliminary report could be released this week on the boeing 737 max 8 crash. meanwhile, the u.s. departmentating a special committee to review the faa's safety approval process for the jet. the latest sign of stepped up scrutiny on the grounded planes. activist investors are waging a fight at bed, bath and beyond. they are joining forces to replace the entire 12-person board. the group says bed, bath and beyond failed to adapt to online shopping and they want the ceo replaced. mcdonald's making their biggest acquisition in nearly 20 years. the company is buying israel's dynamic yield for $300 million. it's a personalization company and mcdonald's is hoping to improve in-store ordering, it's drive-through and online marketing. today is the day, the senate expected to vote on alexandria ocasio-cortez's green new deal. majority leader mitch mcconnell pushing the vote in the senate, forcing democrats to go on the record on the controversial anti-climate proposal. and a new report shows the social security administration has paid out, get this, just about $42 million to hundreds of dead people.

u.s. the department of transportation's inspector general said the agency's reaction had quote shaken confidencees chief pilot on an exclusive tour of facilities including simulators used for pilots. it's the only one in ethiopia for the 737 max 8 aircraft. >> reporter: we're strapped in for a flight on board an ethiopian airlines flight simulator at the airline's aviation academy. this is the only simulator in ethiopia for the boeing 737 max 8 the aircraft that crashed two weeks ago killing all on board. the simulator we are told was purchased in january this year. chief pilot takes us through a brief preflight check list before takeoff. within minutes our simulator flight has begun. flight et 302 took off in a similar way. from boeing international airport nestled in green and gold hills. it was at this point six minutes into the flight and still climbing to cruising altitude that ethiopian airlines crashed into a field. how and why this happened is still under investigation and it was also at this point, the 13-minute mark, that lion air flight merely five months before began its tragic and d