boeing denies concealing information about flight control systems on its 737 max aircraft following two deadly crashes. and close encounters the asteroid the size of a bus has passed the earth. we look at what this means. voice over: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. in the united states, president biden has called for calm after five police officers were charged with murder of tyre nichols, a black man severely beaten after a traffic stop earlier this month. the officers in memphis, tennessee who are all black were fired last week after being accused of using excessive force. their actions were caught on body cameras. that video will be released within the next 2a hours. here s what the memphis police chief and the district attorney had to say. this is notjust a professional failing, this is a failing of basic humanity toward another individual. this incident was heinous, reckless and inhumane. i expe
passes by the earth. we look at what this means. welcome to bbc news. in the united states, president biden has called for calm after five police officers were charged with the murder of tyre nichols. a black man severely beaten after a traffic stop earlier this month. the officers in memphis, tennessee, who are all black, were fired last week after being accused of using excessive force. their actions were caught on body cameras. that video will be released within the next 2a hours. here s what the memphis police chief and the district attorney had to say. this is notjust a professional failing, this is a failing of basic humanity toward another individual. this incident was heinous, reckless and inhumane. i expect our citizens to exercise their first amendment right to protest, to demand action and results, but we need to ensure our community is safe in this process. none of this is a calling card for inciting violence or destruction on our community or against our citizens
that these were because of design flaws in those aircraft that led the planes to suddenly make these catastrophic nosedive is. what the us department ofjustice said was that this was because of a new software system in these aircraft that boeing had not included information about the many pilot manuals and had deliberately sought to downplay the impact to the us regulator, the impact to the us regulator, the faa. the boeing today in court denies it concealed any information. court denies it concealed any information. so, as you know, ou as information. so, as you know, you as you information. so, as you know, you as you point information. so, as you know, you as you point out, - information. so, as you know, you as you point out, there i information. so, as you know, l you as you point out, there was a settlement, why was it being reopened? reopened? there was a settlement reopened? there was a settlement and - reopened? there was a settlement and it - reopened? there was a set
of the case. it s been nearly four years since those two crashes and in both cases, an aircraft, boeing s latest 737 max, was involved. first was the lion air flight, an indonesian carrier which crashed into the sea and a few months later, a nearly identical aircraft operated by ethiopian airlines which crashed this after take off. both of these transpired because of design flaws and a new software system which was introduced by boeing. according to the department ofjustice, what happened was boeing hadn t included information on this software in pilot manuals and had intentionally sought to downplay its impact on the aircraft to the regulator but now in court, boeing has said that it did not conceal any information. so there was a settlement. why is this being reopened? there was a settlement.
The indictment charges Mark A. Forkner with giving the FAA false and incomplete information about an automated flight-control system that played a role in 2 deadly crashes, which killed 346 people.