the us federal aviation administration tells lawmakers we can't afford to handle all safety certifications all selves have to a lot of variation in the street. at the same time boeing presents a plan to keep it seven three seven max in business of the two deadly crashes but it remains adamant that the seven three seven family is safe. malaysia is increasing threats against the e.u. the latest escalation in the little known trade war of palm oil and it's much more serious than you think. is the business i was in berlin welcome boeing attempts to win back the confidence of regulators and the public without inviting increased oversight its present his proposed changes to flood software on its seven three seven max act profit on wednesday that's off the two deadly crashes involving the model in five months also on wednesday the head of the us federal aviation administration defended the agency's practice of relying on aircraft makers to help certify their own plates for safety he he told lawmakers in washington that the f.a.a. would need ten thousand more employees to handle all aircraft so if

the us federal aviation administration says the decision was prompted by new evidence from two recentemember the eight people shot dead by two former students. most of the victims were teenagers. the attackers, aged 17 and 25, later killed themselves.

the us federal aviation administration said the decision was prompted by new evidence at the scene ofhas been held outside a secondary school near sao paulo in brazil to remember the eight people shot dead by two former students. most of the victims were teenagers. ten others were injured in the shootout. the attackers, aged 17 and 25, later killed themselves.

the us federal aviation administration says the decision was prompted by new evidence from two recente defence requested the delay in hearing testimony from the sole remaining defendant, who is vietnamese. doan thi huong was seen on security video putting her hands over the face of kim jong—nam, then rushing to an airport bathroom.

the us federal aviation administration says it's "closely monitoring developments".oss live to los angeles, to speak to geoffrey thomas, editor of airlineratings.com. given the latest developments, what conclusions can you draw? look, sally, i think that the grounding by china and ethiopian is possibly premature. i can understand the ethiopians, but the chinese possibly not. we have to remember with the indonesian lion air crash, while the investigation is still ongoing and we are yet to get the final report, we are yet to get the final report, we have had a preliminary report from the indonesians. it points to maintenance issues, a faulty sensor, and the resulting pilot actions when the faulty sensor sent incorrect data through the flight management computer. he didn't follow a simple, straightforward procedure, which is what is called every item. it is committed to memory that if you have what is called a runaway stabiliser trim, which is something that is not hidden, it is right beside you, right beside you and me in the aircraft, it is a wheel that spins around a

any fixes to the max software must still get approval from the us federal aviation administration andventually from governments around the world. to make matters worse for boeing, the airline southwest was forced to make an emergency landing late yesterday evening at orlando airport. that's after its 737 max plane suffered engine problems. the 737 max is boeing's best—selling plane, with orders worth more than $500 billion globally. but it's the ethiopian airlines 737 jet crash on the 10th march which spooked the public. shortly afterwards, boeing chairman dennis muilenburg released this statement. as the facts in the accident become available and we understand the necessary nextep, we are taking action to fully reassure airlines and their passengers of the safety of the 737 max. we regret the ongoing challenges the grounding has caused for our customers and the flying public. i'm nowjoined in the studio by peter morris, who's the chief economist at ascend by cirium. good to see you again. so, a really important day for boeing today. what do you think might happen? well, i think it is

deadly crashes involving the model in five months also on wednesday they head of the us federal aviation administration defended the agency's practice of relying on makers to help certify that own planes for flights he told lawmakers in washington that the f.a.a. would need ten thousand more employees to handle all act. internally. boeing has been demonstrating a software fix that it hopes will prevent any more of it seven three seven max passenger jets flying themselves into the ground scheme to show the world is on top of the problems that may have caused two crashes and killed almost three hundred fifty people. the seven three seven is a safe airplane the seven three seven family is a safe airplane family and the seven three seven max builds on that tremendous history of safety that we've seen for the last almost fifty years boeing says the software fix is almost ready to go but the u.s.s. safety authority the f.a.a. through that into doubt on wednesday denying it had granted provisional approval for the upgrade also on wednesday southwest airlines which has the biggest fleet of seven three seven ma

issued a statement saying that out of an abundance of caution it had recommended to the us federal aviation administration the temporary suspension of operations of the entire global fleet of seven three seven max aircraft the flight data recorders retrieved from the ethiopian airlines crash will be processed in france that's an unusual departure from the normal protocol in an accident involving a plane that was built in the united states ethiopian officials reportedly declined to hand over the black boxes to u.s. authorities robert oulds al jazeera yeah. the trial of a vietnamese woman charged with the killing of the north korean leader's hoth brother has been adjourned until next month prosecutors in malaysia are pushing ahead with the trial after rejecting calls from the vietnamese government for her release the woman's lawyers say she's badly slapped and is in no condition to testify on monday charges against him in these national withdrawals. china has pushed back at their request to put the leader of the pakistan based on group on the un's terror let blacklist miso the us hard heads the jaish e moha

to california where southwest is storing the airplanes well boeing investigates the us federal aviation administration grounded all seventy seven max eight planes following two fatal crashes. right after a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera thailand's main opposition party says following sunday's election it will form a coalition with five other parties need of the per type parties that are out. maybe announcement in a joint press conference she says the coalition will have two hundred fifty five seats in the house of representatives however that's not enough to have the power to choose the prime minister it's got hired has more now from bangkok. they are going to start they have are forming this coalition kind of phrase there's the democratic front to counter what's been going on and to counter. who is the head of the military government now and prime minister candidate for the main party for supporting the military they say that they have enough seats in the lower house to now form a coalition to have a majority in the lower house they say there are at least six parties involved in this

issued a statement saying that out of an abundance of caution it had recommended to the us federal aviation administration the temporary suspension of operations of the entire global fleet of seven three seven max aircraft the flight data recorders retrieved from the ethiopian airlines crash will be processed in france that's an unusual departure from the normal protocol in an accident involving a plane that was built in the united states if you will be an official reportedly declined to hand over the black boxes to u.s. authorities robert oulds al jazeera seattle thirty two of the people who died in that if european airlines crash work many in the highest number from one country have unsoiled residents grieving families and communities. it's hard to imagine the pain john quinones is going through relatives and friends have been coming to his home in the cool weather rift valley to console him since they had news that his wife. and three grandchildren had died in the few opin airlines crash on sunday his wife was always had school teacher who had gone to canada to visit that due to carle and had children

the us federal aviation administration tells lawmakers we can't afford to handle all safety certifications all selves have to allow the patient in the street. at the same time boeing presents a plan to keep it seven three seven max and business off the two deadly crashes but it remains adamant that the seven three seven family is safe. is increasing threats against the e.u. the latest escalation in the middle zone trade war evolved.

issued a statement saying that out of an abundance of caution it had recommended to the us federal aviation administration the temporary suspension of operations of the entire global fleet of seven three seven max aircraft the flight data recorders retrieved from the ethiopian airlines crash will be. in france that's an unusual departure from the normal protocol in an accident involving a plane that was built in the united states ethiopian officials reportedly declined to hand over the black boxes to u.s. authorities robert oulds al jazeera yeah. well congress is moving forward with a resolution to withdraw u.s. military support for the saudi and emirates electo alyson fighting in yemen the senate passed the measure which is now likely to be approved by the house of representatives but there's no guarantee it will become law heightism castro explains why from washington on yemen the u.s. senate has spoken again a resolution to and american military assistance to the saudi led coalition fighting in yemen passed the upper chamber fifty four to forty six support for the resolution was again bipartisan this i

issued a statement saying that out of an abundance of caution it had recommended to the us federal aviation administration the temporary suspension of operations of the entire global fleet of seven three seven max aircraft now during the black boxes the flight data recorders that were recovered from the crash scene in ethiopia outside of out of were heavily damaged but the investigators believe that they can still extract data from the they're going to be taken to france for analysis which is kind of unusual because normally in the case of an accident involving a plane that was built in the united states like the ones that are built at this facility here in washington behind me the black boxes come to the u.s. to be analyzed by u.s. experts but in this case reportedly the ethiopian authorities were reluctant and decided not to hand over the flight data recorders to u.s. authorities all right rob reynolds now with an update from renton washington rob thank you let's speak to todd curtis he is the founder of air save dot com he used to be an airline safety engineer on boeing he's joining us via skype from f

aircraft maker boeing and the us federal aviation administration are increasingly isolated and refusing to ground the boeing seven thirty seven max following sunday's fatal crash in ethiopia investigators there are sifting through the wreckage of the brand new seven thirty seven that crashed minutes after taking off its european airlines say the flight data recorders will be sent abroad for analysis it was a second disaster involving a new seven thirty seven max after a crash in indonesia just five months ago many airlines and countries are have now grounded the plane but the u.s. and boeing insist that it is safe boeing has delivered about three hundred fifty of the planes it has orders for almost five thousand more. but we have our correspondent. standing by for us at frankfurt international airport he's covering the story for us and so what are people there saying where you are is the boeing seven thirty seven max really an issue for people flying there. well here in europe the plane is banned it cannot take off it cannot land and it cannot even enter the airspace so people here in f

the us federal aviation administration says the decision was prompted by new evidence from two recentatal crashes. the trial over the killing of the half—brother of north korea's leader kimjong—un has been postponed until april 1. the defence requested the delay in hearing testimony from the sole remaining defendant, who is vietnamese. doan thi huong was seen on security video putting her hands over the face of kim jong—nam, then rushing to an airport bathroom. you up—to—date on the headlines. now on bbc news, hardtalk. —— are. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. for millions of venezuelans, every day is a struggle for survival. this is an oil—rich country where the shops are empty, the power is out, and healthca re is collapsing. and politics offers little hope of salvation. the maduro government is clinging to the trappings of power, while the country's other self—proclaimed president, juan guaido, leads mass protests against him. my my guest is one of guaido‘s key allies in the venezuelan parliament, juan andres mejia. is there a way out of venezuela's protracted agony? juan a

issued a statement saying that out of an abundance of caution it had recommended to the us federal aviation administration the temporary suspension of operations of the entire global fleet of seven three seven max aircraft the flight data recorders retrieved from the ethiopian airlines crash will be processed in france that's an unusual departure from the normal protocol in an accident involving a plane that was built in the united states ethiopian officials reportedly declined to hand over the black boxes to u.s. authorities robert oulds al jazeera yeah. so britain's politicians are due back in parliament shortly and there's time to vote on extending the deadline for the u. case departure from the european union and what has been a dramatic forty eight hours m.p.'s rejected the possibility of leaving the e.u. without a deal and defeated prime minister to resume withdrawal agreement so it just fifteen days to go time as running out to break the impasse in westminster and in baba explains. the hardys to the right three hundred twenty one the news to the left two hundred seventy eight voting to rule out a n

it was after analysing new evidence collected at the crash site today that the us federal aviation administrationlarities between the two crashes. the groundings have affected david and his daughter maddie, who were supposed to fly from new york to edinburgh tonight. i think that it's definitely a smart decision to ground the planes. it's better safe than sorry when it comes to dangers in the air. but i do think that they should notify their customers when their flights are being cancelled, and helping them reschedule for another time. as this 737 max landed in the american capital tonight, boeing said it continues to have full confidence in the safety of the plane, but out of an abundance of caution is recommending the temporary grounding of the entire global feat. nick bryant, bbc news, washington. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. the judge in the trial over the killing of kimjong—nam, the half—brother of kim jong—un, has agreed to postpone it until 1 april. dwaan tee hwong from vietnam is the sole remaining defendant. on monday, another defendant, an indonesian wom

the civil aviation authority will contact the us federal aviation administration and boeing company to notify the shipping airlines to resume the commercial operation of the boeing seven three seven eight aircraft after confirming the relevant measures to effectively ensure flight safety. well this weekend saw one hundred forty nine passengers and eight crew die when their plane crashed shortly after takeoff from in ethiopia people from thirty five different nationalities were on board including twenty one employees on the united nations the pilot had reportedly been given permission to land after sending a distress call well the plane's voice and data recorders have been recovered but it may take months to extract any kind of information from them it is the second time as we say in months that. cross that line or flight came down off the coast of indonesia in october killing all one hundred eighty nine people on board well let's say get some reaction and insights on this from independent aviation consultant jerry so yeah gerri good to have you on the program. will the u.s. demands mak

the civil aviation authority will contact the us federal aviation administration and boeing company to notify the shipping airlines to resume the commercial operation of the boeing seven three seven eight aircraft after confirming the relevant measures to effectively ensure flight safety. however the us is refusing to force earline in that country to grow in their planes insisting that the model is are worthy just to recap what happened on sunday one hundred forty nine passengers and also eight crew died when their plane crashed shortly after takeoff from addis ababa in ethiopia people from thirty five different nationalities were on board including twenty one employees of the united nations the pilots had reportedly been given permission to land after sending a distress call. and some other news today on this story the plane's voice data recorders are being recovered however it may take months to extract information from them and as mentioned it is the second time in months has crossed a line or a flight came down just off the coast of indonesia and all one hundred eighty nine people

the us federal aviation administration says the decision was prompted by new evidence from two recent fatal crashes. a vigil has been held outside a secondary school near sao paulo in brazil to remember the eight people shot dead by two former students. most of the victims were teenagers. the attackers, aged 17 and 25, later killed themselves. it's about 3:30am. time now for click. this week: gone in six seconds with a simple high—tech car—jack. scrums and gums. and it's the end of the world as we know it, but we feel fine. for many of us, our car is one of the most valuable things that we own. sometimes crazy to think that we just leave them out on the streets. but, of course, that is because they are built with good security. but in the last few years, we have started to see this happening. newer cars with keyless entry have been fooled by thieves with relay boxes. they stand outside your house and the box magnifies the signal from your key fob, which may be sitting inside, so the car thinks the key fob is closer than it really is and, hey presto, they are off with your car. so, man

it was after analysing new evidence collected at the crash site today that the us federal aviation administratione similarities between the two crashes. the groundings have affected david and his daughter maddie, who were supposed to fly from new york to edinburgh tonight. i think that it's definitely a smart decision to ground the planes. it's better safe than sorry when it comes to dangers in the air. but i do think that they should notify their customers when their flights are being cancelled, and helping them reschedule for another time. as this 737 max landed in the american capital tonight, boeing said it continues to have full confidence in the safety of the plane, but out of an abundance of caution is recommending the temporary grounding of the entire global feat. nick bryant, bbc news, washington. trading has started in asia, following events in westminster earlier. karishma vaswanii joins us from the heart of singapore's financial district. overnight, we saw the british pound appreciate against the us dollar. how is it faring in asian trade? yeah, well, it slipped off those 2% gains tha

the us federal aviation administration said the decision was prompted by new evidence at the scene of the fatal ethiopian airlines crash, and also newly refined satellite data. a vigil has been held outside a secondary school near sao paulo in brazil to remember the eight people shot dead by two former students. most of the victims were teenagers. ten others were injured in the shootout. the attackers, aged 17 and 25, later killed themselves. now on bbc news — wednesday in parliament. hello. you're watching wednesday in parliament. another day, another government defeat on brexit. the ayes to the right — 312. the noes to the left — 308. so the ayes have it, the ayes have it. unlock. mps vote to rule out leaving the eu without a deal. the prime minister offers them a say on whether to do a practise delay brexit. the house needs to face up to the consequences of the decision it is taken. and in other news, the chancellor delivers his spring statement but is it enough? what has he offered today for the government to do the most basic thing and keep my children in school? mps have voted t

issued a statement saying that out of an abundance of caution it had recommended to the us federal aviation administration the temporary suspension of operations of the entire global fleet of seven three seven max aircraft the flight data recorders retrieved from the ethiopian air. lines crash will be processed in france that's an unusual departure from the normal protocol in an accident involving a plane that was built in the united states ethiopian officials reportedly declined to hand over the black boxes to u.s. authorities robert oulds al jazeera c.m. . now relatives of the people who are on the fateful ethiopian airlines flight have made an emotional visit to the site of the crash they pay their respects fi laying flowers and poor traits the airline says it plans to confirm with family members from thursday the identities of those killed and handover belongings as soon as possible the cleanup operation is expected to be completed in the next few days. rescue and recovery efforts are going on through the night in the nigerian city of lagos where a three story building collapsed on wednesday it contai

the us federal aviation administration said new evidence at the scene of the fatal ethiopian airlines crash prompted the decision. and this story is trending on bbc.com. president trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, has been jailed for another 43 months. that's on top of the a7—month sentence he received a week ago in a separate fraud case. that's all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news — wednesday in parliament. hello, you're watching wednesday in parliament. another day, another government defeat on brexit. the ayes to the right — 312. the noes to the left — 308. so the ayes have it, the ayes have it. unlock. mps vote to rule out leaving the eu without a deal. the prime minister offers them a say on whether to do a practise brexit. the house needs to face up to the consequences of the decision it is taken. and in other news, the chancellor delivers his spring statement but is it enough? what has he offered today for the government to do the most basic thing and keep my children in school? mps have voted to reject a no—deal brexit. the government was defeated by fo

are working very closely with people discussing the accident who are working with the us federal aviation administrationernational level is. the key is sharing information. large batches of darter and now the releva nt large batches of darter and now the relevant safety authorities to highlight specific problems, yet tomorrow, they will discuss the aviation safety regulations, which in the event of a no deal brexit will cut us off from the automatic flow of information that the noble lady of the minister has referred. my lady of the minister has referred. my noble friend agree that while safety must of course be the principle of consideration, the confidence of air travellers is also very important. when one has two accidents involving a new model of aircraft within quite a short time, thatis aircraft within quite a short time, that is always the source of a particular concern, and in matters of these kind, in matters of this kind, it is usually better to are on the side of caution in taking action, and even to be premature rather than to let things run on. action, and even to be premature rather than t

of its orders of this plane, with the final decision very much depending on what the us federal aviation administrationy had reduced the order a nyway they said they had reduced the order anyway before the crashes. the 737 max is now banned from flying in most countries across the world. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. and facebook appears to be recovering from a more than ten—hour global disruption to all of its products. the outage affected the main paltform, as well as messaging services including whatsapp and instagram. the company is yet to explain what the cause of the downtime may have been, which is being seen as the most severe in the company s history. one of the world's biggest port operators, dp world, said its profits rose 10.2% last year, despite the growing global trade tensions. the company — which is controlled by dubai's government — said it made over $1.3 billion as the number of shipping containers it was moving grew by 2%. the chairman said he expected the company "to remain resilient," despite the us—china trade war. let's discuss how the financial

it was after analysing new evidence collected at the crash site today that the us federal aviation administrationdings have affected david and his daughter maddie, who were supposed to fly from new york to edinburgh tonight. i think that it's definitely a smart decision to ground the planes. it's better safe than sorry when it comes to changes in the air. but i do think they should notify their customers when their flights are being cancelled, and helping them reschedule for another time. as this 737 max landed in the american capital tonight, boeing said it continues to have full confidence in the safety of the plane, but out of an abundance of caution is recommending a temporary grounding of the entire global feat. nick bryant, bbc news, washington. a school has collapsed in nigeria's biggest city, lagos, killing at least eight people, some of them children. rescuers have spent the day searching the remains of the structure for survivors. dozens of people have been pulled alive from the rubble but it's thought many more remain trapped inside. local officials say the building was unsafe and an o

aircraft maker boeing and the us federal aviation administration are increasingly isolated and refusing to ground the boeing seven thirty seven max following sunday's fatal crash in ethiopia investigators there are sifting through the wreckage of that brand new seven thirty seven that crashed just minutes after taking off ethiopian airlines says the flight recorders will be sent abroad for analysis it was the second disaster involving a new seven thirty seven x. after a crash in indonesia just five months ago many airlines and countries have now ground at the plane but the u.s. and boeing insist it is safe boeing has delivered around three hundred fifty of the planes that has orders for almost five thousand more. later today by in munich take on liverpool in an exciting champions league clash liverpool's german cohered here can club is facing a familiar phone from his years in the bundesliga but byron are back on top in germany after struggling at the start of the season and they'll no draw on the first leg means a ticket to the quarterfinals is still very much up for grabs. the pressur

it was after analysing new evidence collected at the crash site today that the us federal aviation administration groundings have affected david and his daughter maddie, who were supposed to fly from new york to edinburgh tonight. i think that it's definitely a smart decision to ground the planes. it's better safe than sorry when it comes to changes in the air. but i do think they should notify their customers when their flights are being cancelled, and helping them reschedule for another time. as this 737 max landed in the american capital tonight, boeing said it continues to have full confidence in the safety of the plane, but out of an abundance of caution is recommending a temporary grounding of the entire global feat. nick bryant, bbc news, washington. our north america business correspondent samira hussain is at boeing headquarters in chicago. what is the latest from boeing there? it is hard to imagine a worse position for a playmaker to find itself in. its most importantjet has been grounded everywhere and so now the pressure is on boeing to find a fix and to do it fast. already some airli

the us federal aviation administration seems to be supporting boeing on this. latest country, the federal aviation administration is sticking by boeing. that may change tomorrow. they are very close to the government. boeing contributed i think $1 million to donald trump's inauguration and the acting secretary of state, patrick shanahan, worked for boeing for over 30 years. he was actually in charge of the computer services. so there is something very, very suspect about this. a very close relationship between boeing... about this. a very close relationship between boeing. . m about this. a very close relationship between boeing... it is a su ccess relationship between boeing... it is a success story. i am sure boeing would deny that if they were here. thank you very much. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — 7 days a week at bbc.co.uk/thepapers, and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. goodbye. good evening. here'

centered on flight control software the us federal aviation administration claims to require a software enhanced meant that boeing says will be deployed on the next fleet in the coming weeks boeing says the update to maneuvering flight control and pilot display software would make quote an already safe aircraft even safer passengers might be confused but investors have reacted decisively they have hammered boeing stock costing the company billions of dollars in market value boeing had hoped to use this plane to overtake airbus in market share but now the company is just struggling to survive there is precedent for a global ban in two thousand and thirteen boeing took its massive new dreamliner out of service to resolve a problem with battery fires now once again boeing is struggling to hold steady through the turbulence john hendren al-jazeera chicago. boeing has arrived at the cross site in ethiopia the investigation into what went wrong is now into its third day to block been located but may be damaged mohammad the dough has more from there in ethiopia. doesn't so for a sick investiga

issued a statement saying that out of an abundance of caution it had recommended to the us federal aviation administration the temporary suspension of operations of the entire global fleet of seven three seven max aircraft the flight data recorders retrieved from the ethiopian airlines crash will be processed in france that's an unusual departure from the normal protocol in an accident involving a plane that was built in the united states ethiopian officials reportedly declined to hand over the black boxes for u.s. authorities robert oulds al jazeera yeah. by now he has been to max king's e.j. and his executive director of content at flight level and he's joining us from the london times very much indeed for talking to special what do you make of the fact that these aren't his ascent the black boxes to founds rather than to the united states where the plane is made. well it's an interesting move oversee arguably that the french are neutral in this of course they were their bosses. it might be something to do with the previous accident back in two thousand and ten which happened to coming out of beirut on

issued a statement saying that out of an abundance of caution it had recommended to the us federal aviation administration the temporary suspension of operations of the entire global fleet of seven three seven max aircraft the flight data recorders retrieved from the ethiopian airlines crash will be processed in france that's an unusual departure from the normal protocol in an accident involving a plane that was built in the united states ethiopian officials reportedly declined to hand over the black boxes to u.s. authorities robert oulds al jazeera seattle or us heroes are searching for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed three story building in nigeria's commercial capital it contained apartments shops and a primary school at least eight people have been found dead as a dream has more from lagos. and rescue workers here saying that these machinery all machines in the background will continue to dig through the rubble as they have been hopeful that they can find some people alive and pull them out of the debris now a lot of families are hoping for just that lots of people are still gathered here and w

issued a statement saying that out of an abundance of caution it had recommended to the us federal aviation administration the temporary suspension of operations of the entire global fleet of seven three seven max aircraft the flight data recorders retrieved from the ethiopia. airlines crash will be processed in france that's an unusual departure from the normal protocol in an accident involving a plane that was built in the united states ethiopian a visual reportedly declined to hand over the black boxes to u.s. authorities robert oulds al jazeera yeah. britain's politicians will return once again to the parliament this time to vote on extending the deadline a few k. leaving the european union and what's been a dramatic forty eight hours m.p.'s have rejected the possibility of leaving the e.u. without a deal and to have defeated prime minister terrorism aisy withdrawal agreement so with just fifteen days to go before u.k. scheduled departure from the bloc time is quickly running out to break the impasse and westminster explains. the hardys to the right three hundred twenty one the news to the left two hu

issued a statement saying that out of an abundance of caution it had recommended to the us federal aviation administration the temporary suspension of operations of the entire global fleet of seven three seven max aircraft the flight data recorders retrieved from the ethiopian airlines crash will be processed in france that's an unusual departure from the normal protocol in an accident involving a plane that was built in the united states ethiopian a vigil reportedly declined to him.

seven people on board american airlines have so far continued to fly the planes the us federal aviation administration has come under criticism for the decision several countries of ground of the jet until investigations reveal what caused the crash those are the headlines on al-jazeera we're back in half an hour right now it's inside story. small countries ban the boeing seven three seven max from the skies after two fatal crashes in just five months but the u.s. and the plane maker say the jet is safe so who's right and how will the accident affect confidence in malton at travel this is inside story. hello again i'm jane spays boeing calls the seven three seven the most popular jet aircraft of all time the u.s. plane maker hoped its new seven three seven max eight would bring in a new era of passengers safety but two crashes in five months are raising serious questions investigators are trying to work out what caused an ethiopian airlines seven three seven max to go down just after takeoff on sunday killing all one hundred fifty seven people on board some believe there are remarkable similarities to

issued a statement saying that out of an abundance of caution it had recommended to the us federal aviation administration the temporary suspension of operations of the entire global fleet of seven three seven max aircraft the flight data recorders retrieved from the ethiopian airlines crash will be processed in france that's an unusual departure from the normal protocol in an accident involving a plane that was built in the united states ethiopian official reportedly declined to hand over the black boxes to u.s. authorities robert oulds al jazeera yeah. thirty two of the people who died were from kenya katherine soy visited grieving families and communities. it's hard to imagine the pain john cwindows is going through relatives and friends have been coming to his home in the cooler the rift valley to console him since they had news that his wife. and three grandchildren had died in the ethiopian airlines crash on sunday his wife was a retired school teacher who had gone to canada to visit their daughter carole and her children brian kelly and nine month old ruby were coming back to kenya for a visit to c

you have been division experts investigating the incident on tuesday teams from the us federal aviation administration f.a.a. and the national transportation safety board arrived the. blowing house also sent a team to the site of a cross in the confidence of the global livy ition industry mohamed atta well just zita. in a few of the kurdish led forces in syria say they've killed thirty eight eisel fighters and their final assault on the armed groups clave syrian democratic forces have been bombarding us for three days where a number of fighters remain the operation intensified after a brief pause to allow civilians to leave yes the s.s. three of its fighters were killed during the latest operation. has more from the turkey syria border. this is the third night running the bubbles is coming under intense shelling and air strikes day had been a lull last week allowing fighters to surrender and civilians to be evacuated but earlier in the day spokesperson for the syrian democratic forces that's the kurdish forces on the ground leading this battle have said that the battle for bubbles is coming and then t

now there's a more scrutiny of boeing's relationship with the us federal aviation administration off of the crash of an ethiopian airlines jet earlier this month the transportation department says it would examine the how the f.a.a. certified boeing's seven three seven months attack robbed several companies of ground of the planes in the wake of two fatal crashes in less than six months on tuesday the white house nominate the new head of the f.a.a. the post has been vacant for more than a year particle lane joins us live now from washington d.c. potus what more has the white house been saying about appointing a new head of the f.b.i. . well they're charging out his resume and he's going to need if he's going to face the senate to get confirmation and then go ahead and take over and head this very beleaguered agency right i was even dixon he's retired from delta airlines or he was the senior vice president at one point he was in charge of safety and regulations in pilot training air force air excuse me graduate from the air force academy flew the f. fifteen fighter jet so he's got imp

the us a federal aviation administration says it will not ground the boeing seven three seven max eight aircraft which has been involved in two fatal crashes since october on sunday one hundred fifty seven people were killed when an ethiopian airlines flight came down shortly after takeoff a growing number of countries and aviation agencies ordered the planes to stop flying but boeing says it has full confidence in its safety. and is where it is chief prosecutor has asked the supreme court to investigate opposition leader. over alleged involvement in the ongoing power outage the government is still struggling to restore power in many regions almost a week after much of the nation was plunged into darkness president maduro blames the outage on the united states was the opposition says the power grid has been poorly maintained in the economic crisis. thousands of protesters have returned to the streets across algeria demanding immediate political changes this comes a day after ailing president. abandoned his bid for a fifth term in power but stopped short of stepping down which would make

that crashed on sunday killing all one hundred fifty seven people on board the us federal federal aviation administration says all boeing seven three seven max eight will remain grounded until its software is upgraded tested installed those are the headlines on al-jazeera inside story is coming up next they with us. from peaceful protests to civil war syria's president is still in power despite eight years of conflict what does the future hold and what hope saw there for peace this is inside story. hello again. years ago this week fifteen syrian teenagers were detained and tortured for spraying anti-government graffiti on a school wall that was the beginning of an uprising that led to a civil war which continues to this day hundreds of thousands of people are being killed and it's created a huge refugee crisis the u.n. and european union are holding a donor conference in brussels so they say they need nine billion dollars this year to help people trapped in syria and support neighboring countries hosting syrian refugees the e.u.'s foreign policy chief hopes the meeting will help restart talks to end the

the us federal aviation administration says there is no basis to stop the boeing 737 max 8 airlinerfromthose in the european union — have grounded it following a fatal crash in ethiopia at the weekend. 0ur north america business correspondent samira hussain is at the boeing headquarters in chicago, and sent us this report earlier. 0utside boeing's headquarters in downtown chicago, the company remains tightlipped. but there is no doubt that this is a company that is trying to avert a full—blown crisis. now the aviation authorities here in the united states have again reiterated their confidence in these boeing 737 max 8 planes and they see no reason to ban them from american skies. and boeing as well has said that they are also confident in these planes. that said, there is growing concern from a lot of people, including investors. fortwo consecutive days we have seen that boeing share price has dropped by more than 6%. a growing number of us lawmakers are calling on the aviation authorities here to follow suit of other countries and to ban these planes from american skies. and something

us. and the acting and federal aviation administration administrator daniel l. well appeared on capitol hill wednesday for a grilling over two recent fatal boeing seven thirty seven max crashes during the hearing in front of the senate commerce committee aviation subcommittee a well said that despite a lack of a clear cause for the down planes the f.a.a. and international community are working every day to increase safety we don't have the final reports on either of these accidents but i have already set in motion at the f.a.a. activities to go to the assembly and as you know i'm sure i care meets every three years and we're already examining what we bring to the assembly this year our country our pilots to help raise the safety bar which is as you know. we're responsible for aviation safety in united states but we're it's a globe there are no boundaries there's no borders it's a global endeavor and the distinction i'm not. and while al wald spoke for the f.a.a. in front of the senate committee he is on short time met as the acting in ministry or the white house

bosses and officials from america's aviation regulator are due to testify before the us senate in washington. they'll discuss how the federal aviation administrationhe boeing 737 max. there have been two fatal crashes involving the aircraft since october. questions will focus on why the regulator, the faa, agreed to certify the max planes in 2017 without requiring extensive additional pilot training. meanwhile, the us department of transportation is to establish a "special committee" to examine the close relationship between boeing and the regulator. boeing will brief airlines and international aviation officials today on changes to 737 max software which controls an automatic system designed to prevent a mid—flight stall. the meeting is being held in renton, washington, where the plane is built. any fixes to the max software must still get approvalfrom the us faa and eventually from governments around the world. to make matters worse for boeing, a 737 max aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing in florida after experiencing an engine problem. the southwest airlines plane — which was carrying no passengers — was on its way to a storage si

the same committee is due to question officials from the federal aviation administration next week about why they certified the 737 max. the uss it does not expect to raise interest rates for the rest of 2019 amid slower economic growth. after a two—day meeting, monetary policymakers voted unanimously to keep the us interest rate range between 2.25%—2.5%. the swedish carmaker volvo says it will install cameras in its cars from next year to monitor drivers for signs of being drunk or distracted. if activated the system warns the driver and if they don't respond the car slows down and calls the company's assistance line. let's find out what's been happening on the financial markets. the nikkei was closed for the session, but elsewhere shares in asia rose after the us federal reserve abandoned forecasts for any interest rate hikes this year, but concerns over us—china trade talks and slowing global growth continued to weigh on investor confidence. lets take a look at europe. since the open it's been very much a mixed bag for european indices — the ftse 100 is in positive territory though. as it's stuffed full of multinationals i

american airlines, one of two that fly these planes, they say earlier today the federal aviation administration informed us they're grounding the fleet out of an abundance of caution. they have 24 aircraft affected by this directive. the two statements are in conflict with one another. the president said the faa is doing it, american airlines says they're doing it, boeing says they're doing it, someone is not telling the truth on this one. boeing lost 11% in market capitalization in the last two days because there are a lot of people in the world that think that boeing could have made a better decision about this whether or not you belief the planes are flaws, the software is flawed or the pilots are not properly trained, i'm not sure they do this decision on themselves. good to see you, we have been on e-mail all day talking about various things here, but finally the decision has been made to ground these aircraft, i want to get your initial thoughts on this decision. >> well, you knowly have to reiterate abundance of caution, that is great, but what i want to provide with you, i have information that ame