Regions winemakers. The chief executive of boeing has been sacked less than a week after the planemaker said it would temporarily halt production of its troubled 737 max airliner. The company has struggled to recover after 346 people died in two crashes involving its planes. Our business correspondent, theo leggett, has the story. Two devastating accidents and 346 people died. The first plane crashed into the sea off indonesia late last year. Then, in march, an identical aircraft went down in these fields in ethiopia minutes after take off. Since then, boeings newest and fastest selling aircraft, the 737 max, has been grounded worldwide. Blames been placed on a piece of Flight Control software, known as mcas, that activated at the wrong time and forced both planes into a catastrophic dive. Boeings failures and mr muilenburgs leadership have been angrily condemned in the us congress. Those pilots never had a chance. These loved ones never had a chance. They were in flying coffins. Senat
Prime minister will change the law to guarantee the brexit transition phase isnt extended. American plane maker boeing says it will temporarily stop making its 737 max planes. The aircraft has been grounded since march after two deadly crashes killed 346 people. It comes as us regulators say they wont approve the aircrafts return to service before 2020. Pulling its most profitable plane from the skies has already cost boeing more than 9 billion and that figure continues to rise as almost 400 new planes remain in storage. Shares in the company fell over 4 as the companys board met all day on monday. Lets go live to seattle now and talk to peter lemme, aviation expert and a former boeing engineer. Peter, just put in perspective for us peter, just put in perspective for us how big a blow this is for boeing . This is a huge blow. It hasnt happened for a generation. Inaudible. Involving two tragedies, almost 13 months of agony. And for boeing and for the us economy, that in perspective as w
We talk to one of the regions winemakers. The chief executive of boeing has been sacked less than a week after the planemaker said it would temporarily halt production of its troubled 737 max airliner. The company has struggled to recover after 346 people died in two crashes involving its planes. Our business correspondent, theo leggett, has the story. Two devastating accidents and 346 people died. The first plane crashed into the sea off indonesia late last year. Then, in march, an identical aircraft went down in these fields in ethiopia minutes after take off. Since then, boeings newest and fastest selling aircraft, the 737 max, has been grounded worldwide. Blames been placed on a piece of Flight Control software, known as mcas, that activated at the wrong time and forced both planes into a catastrophic dive. Boeings failures and mr muilenburgs leadership have been angrily condemned in the us congress. Those pilots never had a chance. These loved ones never had a chance. They were in
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