manufacturing and testing new boeing 30737 max 9s rolling off the line in this washington factory. issues leading to a door panel blowing out in flight and the discovery of loose bolts on several other planes. i didn t even know what happened to whoever was supposed to be in the seat next to that. i got kids. i got grandkids. and so do you. reporter: 177 people on that alaska airlines flight friday night. calhoun is now facing a second max crisis. he became ceo in the wake of the initial grounding of the 737 max after two deadly crash is linked to a design flaw killed 346 people. they need to be safe, reliable, and built to the specifications with the reliability. reporter: airline industry analyst henry harteveldt says it is more than rebuilding card ability with the airlines. if the public doesn t trust boeing, they will eventually start to avoid boeing planes and the airlines that fly them. reporter: with the
were assembleassembled, maybe t tightened. i think we ll know, though. i don t think people should feel unsafe about this aircraft. there s no design flaw, they missed a step. that s crucial. the devil is in the details. finding a needle in a haystack. if the bolts have been handled appropriately. thank you for unpacking all of this. president biden was visiting the site of the 2015 racist massacre in south carolina, to warn about political violence. he crdrew a compaparison bebetw
that s the key. what might be missing is very important. and, as we have heard, earlier today, from the associated press united has found some loose bolts in similar aircrafts. so, it appears in washington, when these few pieces were assembled, some bolts may not have been tighten properly. or at least, that seems to where we re headed for this. but it s still a little bit early to draw that conclusion. and i do think will know, though and i don t think at the end of the day people should feel particularly unsafe about this aircraft. there s no fundamental design flaw here. it appears they might have missed a step in the construction of the aircraft. and that s crucial. well yes, the devil is certainly in the details. if you talk about trying to find a needle in the haystack, trying to assess whether the hinges, and the bolts on these big aircrafts across the entire fleet have been handled appropriately. married, gavel, miles, brian thank you all for having us on packed all of this.
it is quite sweet and thoughtful of him. the former president pushed to make any criminal charges against him disappear. a u.s. federal appeals court will hold a hearing today on whether donald trump has immunity in the federal election subversion case. it is a question about does donald trump have to stand trial. the problem for donald trump, though, is the facts. united airlines discovered loose bolts on an undisclosed number of their boeing 737 max-9 planes. there s no fundamental design flaw here. it appears they might have miss add step. the cockpit door is designed to open during rapid decompression. no one of the flight crew was aware of that. we have a lot of questions for boeing. how in the heck did this happen. good morning, everyone. it s the top of the hour. i m phil mattingly with poppy harlow in new york. it is a day of enormous consequence. donald trump will be in court as three judges in d.c. consider a
passenger. nearly the entire cabin show signs of damage like these mangled seats next to keeping whole that were functionally unoccupied. there was moments of am i going to make it? reporter: as oxygen masks fell, passenger nicholas hope texted passengers. to go but i love them. i m in this predicament. reporter: the faa grounded all the max 9s. in 2019, all max jets were grounded for 690 days after to go deadly crashes link to a design flaw, three and 46. here in portland, a schoolteacher found the missing door panel in his backyard. that door replacing optional emergency exit on some 737s. pilots flying the plane of the center of investigation reported pressurization warnings on three separate occasions in the weeks prior. the day before the incident alaska restricted the use of the newly built 737 so it wouldn t