late on sunday the us national transportation safety board or ntsb confirmed the part had been found by a member of the public in his backyard in portland. i am excited to announce that we have found the door plug. thank you, bob. i will not give you bob s last name, but bob contacted us at witness@ntsb.gov with two photos of the door plug and said he found it in his back yard. it s the latest controversy to affect the boeing 737 max airliner, since it was launched back in 2015. 189 people died when a 737 max operated by indonesia s lion air, crashed into the java sea in october 2018 13 minutes after take off. then in march 2019 a 737 max operated by ethiopian air went down 6 minutes after take off from addis abbaba killing all 157 people on board. the jet was grounded worldwide for 20 months. a us investigation found boeing had failed in its design and development of the max. us aviation regulators were also criticised. our business correspondent, theo leggett, has b
into service, there have been a number of high profile problems with the programme, including electrical faults and quality control issues. shares in boeing fell 9% in pre market trading in new york this morning. so how much of a wake up call is this for boeing? i m joined byjohn grant, chief analyst, at the aviation analytics provider, oag. thank you forjoining us here, john on bbc news. first question is, this is the last thing they need, isn t it? if there were no warnings, what is going on at boeing? it’s it? if there were no warnings, what is going on at boeing? is going on at boeing? it s not an ideal start is going on at boeing? it s not an ideal start to is going on at boeing? it s not an ideal start to a is going on at boeing? it s not an ideal start to a new is going on at boeing? it s not an ideal start to a new year - is going on at boeing? it s not an ideal start to a new year for - is going on at boeing? it s not an l ideal start to a new year for boe
Flagship aircraft. theo leggett, thank ou flagship aircraft. theo leggett, thank you very flagship aircraft. theo leggett, thank you very much flagship aircraft. theo leggett, thank you very much indeed. . a rocket has blasted off from cape canaveral in florida, carrying the first american spacecraft to attempt a moon landing for half a century. if all goes well, the peregrine1 robot developed by astrobotic would be the first ever soft lunar landing by a private company. launched in cooperation with nasa, it s the first of six commercial robot lander missions planned for this year, in which the nasa will be, in effect, a passenger, studying the moon s surface. earlier i spoke to planetary scientist dr hannah sargeant she said that a commercial lunar landing has been tried before. there has been a few different attempts. a private company attempted lunar mission. they didn t subtly learn so hopefully this will be the first successful soft landing
And blast off for the first american lunar mission developed by a private company. we look at the commercialisation of space. welcome to world business report. i m lukwesa burak. we start in the us where alaska airlines says it had to cancel 170 flights on sunday after the us federal aviation administration grounded all boeing 737 max 9 jets fitted with the same panel as the one which broke off an alaska airlines plane on friday. the air carrier says the disruption is likely to continue into the coming week. this comes just four years after all 737 maxes were grounded following two fatal crashes in indonesia and ethiopia. since the plane has came back
Shares in boeing sink as more than 170 jets are grounded worldwide, after a door panel blew out, mid flight, on friday. and. blast off for the first american lunar mission developed by a private company. we look at the commercialisation of space. welcome to world business report. i m lukwesa burak. we start with boeing shares in the us aircraft giant have sunk as much as 8% after the grounding of more than 170 737 max 9 airliners around the world on safety concerns. a door panel or plug on an alaskan airlines 737 blew out mid flight over the us state of oregon on friday, forcing the jet to make an emergency landing. there were no major injuries among the 177 people on board.