road builders in germany today are enjoying economic benefits from uas because safety regulators there have found ways to permit such flights. i can t help but wonder that if the germans, the french and canadians do some of these things today, why can t we also be doing them? we all agree that project is taking too long. reporter: with the drone industry booming, preventing crashes is becoming even more critical. i ve got a quad copter on my christmas least. we ve got a failure to regulate. reporter: to get an idea what a drone could do to a plane, look at what birds have done, breaking wind shields and destroying engines. a flock of birds forced this jet to land on the hudson river.
farmers in france today are enjoying economic benefits from uas because safety regulators there have found ways to permit such flights. i can t help, but wonder that if the german, the french and the canadians do some of these things today then why can t we also be doing that. we all agree that the project is taking too long. with the drone industry booming, preventing crashes is becoming each more critical. i have a quad kopter on my christmas list. i suspect quite a few people do. we have a problem and our failure to regulate them we ll have a genie out of the bottle. to get an idea of what a drone could do to a plane, look at what birds have done. breaking wind she woulds and destroying engines. a flock of large birds forced this crash landing on the hudson river. a small drone impact could do the same or worse. one frightening possibility, a drone smashes into the wing of a
but defiant, refusing to expand a recall of their air bags nationwide, despite pressure from u.s. safety regulators. there s not enough scientific evidence. i was deeply disappointed by takat a s response and failure to take responsibility for the defects. and honda? automakers were also on the hot seat, but unlike the air back manufacturer, honda did not put up a fight, saying it will recall affected vehicles nationwide. regulators want four other automakers to do the same. meanwhile, takata says it s confident replacement air bags being produced today are safe, despite not knowing for sure what s causing the fall nungss.
refusing to expand a recall of their air bags nationwide, despite pressure from u.s. safety regulators. takat a s failure to take responsibility for the defects. automakers were also on the hot seat, but honda did not put up a fight, saying it will recall affected vehicles nationwide. regulators want four other automakers to do the same. meanwhile, takata says it s confident replace. air bags being produced today are safe, despite not knowing for sure what s causing the malfunctions. do you know the root cause of this problem? at that moment, we don t have the idea what the cause. for tina tran, finding that root cause is crucial.
second round of grilling will be going on on capitol hill for the japanese manufacturer of the air bags. that explode and shoot metal shrapnel causing injury and in some cases death. but the headline this morning takata, the maker of the faulty air bags is digging in its heels, it will not issue a nationwide recall of certain driver s side air bags. u.s. safety regulators are urging a nationwide recall. they say the company s inaction is disappointing and it puts drivers at risk. one car safety group estimates that this impacts some 20 to 25 million vehicles on the road right now. the situation was that kata was faced with a midnight deadline to comply to agree to fix tens of millions of additional cars. instead, the company says it will leave it up to the automakers to decide whether to expand the recall. if you remember, this recall has been limited to high humidity areas. takata believes that humidity is