of our planes. the embattled boeing ceo is trying to reassure airlines, regulators and passengers after a near catastrophic alaska airlines incident earlier this month. it saw a cabin panel blow off a brand new 737 max 9 jet. since then about 171 max 9 jets have been grounded. mr calhoun did not comment on an anonymous report posted online by someone claiming to work at boeing, calling the aircraft s production process a rambling, shambling disaster waiting to happen. this week united airlines ceo scott kirby called the max nine grounding the straw that broke the camel s back for us, saying united is considering fleet plans that don t include the latest boeing 737 max 10 model. united and alaska airlines utilise around two thirds of all boeing max 9s in flight and alaska air group reports their fourth quarter earnings on thursday. meanwhile boeing has delivered a 737 max to china. it marks the end of an almost five year freeze. it represents a vote of confidence to the us p
we believe in our airplanes. we feel they are safe airplanes and our people do, we have confidence in the safety of our airplanes. the embattled boeing ceo is trying to reassure airlines, regulators and passengers after a near catastrophic alaska airlines incident earlier this month, which saw a cabin panel blow off a brand new 737 max 9 jet. since then, about 171 max 9 jets have been grounded. mr calhoun did not comment on an anonymous report posted online by someone claiming to work at boeing, calling the aircraft s production process a rambling, shambling disaster waiting to happen. this week, united airlines ceo scott kirby called the max 9 grounding the straw that broke the camel s back for us, saying united is considering fleet plans that don t include the boeing s latest 737 max 10 model. united and alaska airlines utilise around two thirds of all the boeing max 9s in flight, and alaska air group reports fourth quarter earnings on thursday. meanwhile, boeing has de
deal promised in the wake of brexiter. in its place, a commitment to co operate on defence, trade, a deal on data protection and ways to regulate new ai technology. the uk prime minister hailed this approach is a better response to the challenges the two countries face. the economic relationship between our two countries has never been stronger. the trade is worth hundreds of billions of pounds, dollars, a year. over a million of our citizens in each other s countries work in each other s countries work in each other s companies. we are the largest investors in each other s countries. and that trade is growing as something like 20% last year. as part of the atlantic declaration, president biden pledged to give uk exporters access to critical minerals needed for electric car batteries. similar to an agreement of the us made with japan. there is no reason why great britain will not play a major role in not only critical material but in investing in united states of america and
and the japanese authorities say a coastguard aircraft involved in yesterday s fatal collision at tokyo s haneda airport wasn t cleared for take off. the smaller aeroplane collided with a japan airlines passengerjet on the runway, leading to a fireball and the deaths of five people. russia and ukraine have agreed to exchange hundreds of prisoners of war, after what moscow described as difficult negotiations. this programme continues on bbc one. today, two other parties are out of the starting blocks. on the eve of big speeches from the labour and conservative leaders, today we had a farage free reform uk press conference. and a lib dem stunt. richard tice, the reform leader, and daisy cooper, deputy leader of the lib dems, are here. all politicians are up against some grim economic warnings. i think it s more likely than not we will see the uk entering recession over the course of 202a. it is a coin toss if you look at economic forecasts. so how will the economy play into t
and had promised as a benefit of leaving the european union. here s our global trade correspondent gharshini david with an explanation of what this means for britain. all hopes of that full trade deal which would have covered about a sixth of the uk puzzling over seed trade with the rest of the world with frankly some time ago because it was clear that the joe biden administration wasn t interested in pursuing that end and instead they have been noises for some time that we might get something that was more about an alliance against what was seen as external threats to economic security and also furthering ambitions of net zero. while this might seem like a bit of a pick and mix trade alliance if you like, little bit sheer when it comes to talking about protecting supply chains and a little bit here about making it easier to swap data between us and american firms and a little bit more here about green energy and nuclear. it s actually very much tied together and looking a