Are sold. Faa administer testifies about airplane Safety Standards and oversight. The Senate Transportation committee is investigating the faas safety certification process after two deadly crashes involving the boeing 737 max aircraft in 2019. From earlier today, this is just over two hours and 45 minutes. Good morning. Today the committee convenes for a hearing on the federal Aviation Administrations oversight of aircraft certification. I welcome our witnesses, faa administer steve dixon and michael stumo, father of samyo who tragically died and thank them for participating. March 10th marched the oneyear anniversary of the crash of ethiopians flight 382. The aircraft involved in both accidents was the boeing 737 max. Our deepest sympathies continue to go out to the families of those loved ones who are among the 346 souls lost in these crashes. Since the Ethiopian Airlines crash, the committee has heard from many whistleblowers at the faa, at boeing and in the Aviation Industry. It i
Good morning. Today the committee convenes for a hearing on the federal Aviation Administrations oversight of aircraft certification. I welcome our witnesses, faa administer steve dixon and michael stumo, father of samyo who tragically died and thank them for participating. March 10th marched the oneyear anniversary of the crash of ethiopians flight 382. The aircraft involved in both accidents was the boeing 737 max. Our deepest sympathies continue to go out to the families of those loved ones who are among the 346 souls lost in these crashes. Since the Ethiopian Airlines crash, the committee has heard from many whistleblowers at the faa, at boeing and in the Aviation Industry. It is increasingly clear from our investigation that the faa has a number of Serious Problems to address. My investigation staff has interviewed dozens of witnesses, reviewed many thousands of documents and emails and been diligent in pursuit of these facts. No matter where they lead. However, i must express my
And then the second plane crashed. Crashed minutes after taking off. This was going to be an existential crisis for the company. They had no idea how powerful mcas was. Faas oversight was sorely lacking. The mounting pressure on boeing. This was supposed to be one of the most highly scrutinized planes in the world. Here you are with another incident that was risking passengers lives. We are going to approach this, number one, acknowledging our mistake. Narrator now on frontline, it had direct echoes of everything we had been reporting on years ago. Narrator boeings fatal flaw. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Additional support is provided by the abrams foundation, committed to excellence in journalism. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation committed to building a more just, verdant an
And then the second plane crashed. Crashed minutes after taking off. This was going to be an existential crisis for the company. They had no idea how powerful mcas was. Faas oversight was sorely lacking. The mounting pressure on boeing. This was supposed to be one of the most highly scrutinized planes in the world. Here you are with another incident that was risking passengers lives. We are going to approach this, number one, acknowledging our mistake. Narrator now on frontline, it had direct echoes of everything we had been reporting on years ago. Narrator boeings fatal flaw. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by theorporation for public broadcasting. Additional support is provided by the abrams foundation, committed to excellence in journalism. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation committed to building a more just, verdant and
Neighbors moments of the inland areas are running five to 13 degrees coolerthanaverage with high clouds at 7 00 and we will be partly cloudy at noon and 58. 62 at noon and 53 at 7 00. Leyla gulen will talk about the commute if you are joining us at work. Traffic fit for a president. We have no traffic. We talk about mass transit where we are seeing some mass transit agencies running on a weekend schedule with 13 trains on time. The capital corridor is normal. As we look at ace train, that is knox a. M. Appropriations committee, act traffic from the bay bridge toll plaza showing no metering lights turned on. Abc7 news begins with breaking news. In switzerland an ethiopian jetliner landed safely after being hijacked by a pilot. Swiss Police Arrested the copilot after the jet touched down in geneva. The copilot is believed ethiopian man in his 30s was seeking asylum in switzerland. He feared some sort of danger in ethiopia. Officials say the copilot locked the door to the cockpit when the