Current and former ntsb chairs who provided safety recommendations. Both of these accidents were entirely preventable. We cannot fathom the pain experienced by the families of those 340 six human beings who were lost. Many family members were here today and we appreciate their attendance. Themreciate many of meeting with members of the committee. Committee, if this promise their loved ones that we are working to obtain a full answer as to how to prevent future tragedies. ,hese families deserve answers accountability, and action. Deserves no less. Involved inaircraft both accidents is the 737 max 8 manufactured by boeing. International aviation safety regulators begin grounding the plane the day after the ethiopian crash. On march 13, federal Aviation Administration formally grounded the aircraft. The return to service is contingent on boeings work with the faa to test and certify fixes to the Flight Control system. Activated during both crashes. In order to return to service, Internati
This hearing will come to order. Thank you all for being here today. One year ago today, lyon air 610 crashed into the sea in jakarta indonesia. All 189 people on board were killed. A few months later, an Ethiopian Air flight departed, and flight 302 experienced problems shortly after takeoff and crashed. All 157 persons on board died. Both of these accidents were entirely preventible. We cannot fathom the pain experienced by the families of those 346 human beings who were lost. Many family members are here today and we appreciate their attendance. I appreciate many of them meeting with members of the committee over time. As chairman of this committee, i promise their loved ones were working to obtain a full answer as to how to prevent future tragedies. These families deserve answers, accountability and action. And the public deserves no less. The type of aircraft involved in both accidents is a 737 max 8. Manufactured by boeing. International aviation safety regulators began grounding
Harvey now in louisiana and it could travel as far north as the ohio valley threatening cincinnati. Potentially the costly its Natural Disaster in u. S. History 160 billion is what one estimate pegs it at and now another storm barreling in potentially hurricane irma. What better way though to help americans heal than with jobs and economic growth. Thats what President Trump wants he was in americas heartland today kicking off a major push for tax cuts. Springfield, missouri the first place of route 66. This is main street america. Welcome to risk reward im elizabeth macdonald. Well lets take you to port arthur texas. It is 91 miles east of houston. It was hit with a flash flood. 40 inches of rain since yesterday. The mayor now says the whole city is under water. It is ground zero of hurricane harvey. Officials there are calling conditions dire and 55,000 residents flooded out of their homes. House fires reported, 20,000 homes had six feet of water inside. Port arthur residents picked u
The team had a major victory last night over a big rival, the Cleveland Cavaliers and today they had a big the opponents of the arena in the state Supreme Court. Ill tell you about that in just a couple of seconds but since the owners bought the team back in 2010 they envisioned moving that team to san francisco. They tried first as you know along the waterfront but there was so much opposition there they purchased this site from salesforce. It will be called chase center, that bank bought the naming rights. It will be slightly smaller than oracle, 18,000 seats. Its for more than just basketball. There will be conferences and other events. The warriors are paying for the billion dollar arena. Mayor ed lee called this his legacy project. But as with many things, this new arena is not without controversy. Critics have been worried about Traffic Congestion and though they love the team, they say they hate the possibility that nearby ucsf hospital will have limited access for patients so t
What was on the video. Gentleman across the street. He seemed to be pulling something. That is it. The gruesome discovery horrified people that work and live here many told us they saw people acting suspiciously before the body parts were found. This guy had a dead stared at him and he was off in another world. I happened to see a homeless guy stabbing into a tree with a knife. So far all medical examiner will say is that theyre indeed human. Vic lee abc7 news. Police are investigating another shoot out in the bay view district. Offersers say two vehicles exchanged gunfire and police are still trying to track down everyone involved. This just days after a mother was killed in a cross fire between two suspected gangs in the bay area. Crime stoppers is offering a 7500 reward for information about a man who sexual assaulted a child in east oakland. Police say the man approached a 10yearold boy near Elmhurst Park about 3 00 on tuesday. Officers say the man lured boit away from the street a