at their record high today. but will the european central bank signal lower borrowing costs are on the way? bag pipes skirl. paying the piper! as scots everywhere celebrate burns night, we ll be speaking to one whose playing has bagged a global following. yes we have bagpipes in this programme. we start in the us where air safety chiefs have cleared a path for boeing 737 max 9 jets to return to the skies after dozens were grounded when a cabin panel blew off mid flight, forcing an emergency landing. the federal aviation administration says the jets can fly again once approved inspections are done. but in a blow to boeing, the faa says it won t allow any ramp up in production of the 737 max until it s satisfied about the company s quality control. earlier on wednesday, boeing s chief executive faced senators in washington. our north america business correspondent erin delmore reports. the boss of boeing said he understood the seriousness of the safety questions facing the co
we believe in our airplanes. we feel they are safe airplanes and our people do, we have confidence in the safety of our airplanes. the embattled boeing ceo is trying to reassure airlines, regulators and passengers after a near catastrophic alaska airlines incident earlier this month, which saw a cabin panel blow off a brand new 737 max 9 jet. since then, about 171 max 9 jets have been grounded. mr calhoun did not comment on an anonymous report posted online by someone claiming to work at boeing, calling the aircraft s production process a rambling, shambling disaster waiting to happen. this week, united airlines ceo scott kirby called the max 9 grounding the straw that broke the camel s back for us, saying united is considering fleet plans that don t include the boeing s latest 737 max 10 model. united and alaska airlines utilise around two thirds of all the boeing max 9s in flight, and alaska air group reports fourth quarter earnings on thursday. meanwhile, boeing has de
fbi director christopher wray says it s most likely that covid 19 emerged from a chinese government controlled laboratory in wuhan. in response, china has accused the fbi of politicising the investigation into the origins of coronavirus, and says there has been no new scientific evidence to support the theory. other us agencies believe the virus developed naturally. our north america correspondent john sudworth reports. suspicions have long swirled around wuhan s laboratories. now three years after the start of the pandemic, they have burst out into the open once again. the fbi has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in wuhan. here, you are talking about a potential leak from a chinese government controlled lab that killed millions of americans. from the start, many scientists believed that covid had passed naturally from animals to humans. some of the first cases were centred around this wuhan s market kn
A dodgy situation. Dieselgate two . Or just a misunderstanding . Us watchdogs accuse Fiat Chrysler over its emissions software. The boss calls it absolute nonsense. Plus, is it a console, ora hand held . Nintendo takes on sony, microsoft and Mobile Phones with its new hybrid device. But can it convince gamers to switch . Welcome to World Business report. Im aaron heslehurst. We will be talking to a tech guru about that latest nintendo gadget in a moment. But first we start in the us, where car giant, Fiat Chrysler, is denying it faces its own dieselgate scandal, just a day after volkswagen was fined more than 4 billion for cheating emissions tests. The us regulator, the Environmental Protection agency, is accusing Fiat Chrysler of failing to disclose emissions software, at least eight different types, installed in thousands of its diesel vehicles. It says the software allowed the cars to exceed pollution limits, and pump out higher levels of harmful nitrogen dioxide. But the companys b
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