max in the spotlight it s the second major safety scandal to put the 737 max in the spotlight the first involved the deaths of 346 people in two crashes in indonesia in 2018 and ethiopia in 2019. addressing employees at its factory in washington state where the planes are assembled chief executive dave calhoun said boeing would approach the issue with complete transparency. when i got that picture, and i hope all of you, in some way, i hope most of you have seen it, and those of you who haven t do look at it, all i could think about was i did not know what happened to whoever was supposed to be in the seat next to that hole in the airplane. i ve got kids, grandkids, and so do you. this stuff matters. earlier i spoke to professor graham braithwaite, director of transport systems at cranfield university and asked him whether customers and investors were reassured by the boeing boss s words. i think we ve seen a big difference in the way that boeing has reacted to this
as the one which broke off an alaska airlines plane on friday. the air carrier says the disruption is likely to continue into the coming week. this comes just 4 years after all 737 maxes were grounded following two fatal crashes in indonesia and ethiopia. since the plane has came back into service, there have been a number of high profile problems with the programme, including electrical faults and quality control issues. so how much of a wake up call is this for boeing? let s speak to jane foley, head of fx strategy at rabobank. good morning to you. more problems for boeing, more problems for boeing, more problems with regards with the max fleet. talk us through the implications. implications. first of all, the airlines involved implications. first of all, the airlines involved in implications. first of all, the airlines involved in the - implications. first of all, the airlines involved in the awfuli airlines involved in the awful deadly crashes a few years ago were ma
half trillion dollars of debt. that would leave workers not getting paid and the economy could spiral into chaos. earlier, our correspondent gave us this update. us this update. lots of lawmakers us this update. lots of lawmakers are - us this update. lots of| lawmakers are walking us this update. lots of- lawmakers are walking around the capital are walking round giving their viewpoints, expressing their disappointment at the bill but, look, there s at the bill but, look, there s a lot of confidence. president biden is confident it will pass. a man named tom mellor who is the width of the republican party. they need 18 votes, 218 is what they need and he says they are very confident that republicans will pass it through the house and he said those who are making the noise haven t fully read the noise haven t fully read the bill and hisses when they do they will get on board. are we seeing any defectors quiz mac there is house caucus, the ultraconservative members of the r
revealed that it had been told that the cabinet office did not have access to some of the material it was being asked to provide. i will been told by the cabinet office they have been engaging with boris johnson about some of this material including today. borisjohnson spokesperson said this evening that more material has been headed over from borisjohnson to the cabinet office and that borisjohnson is now urging the cabinet office to hang that over to the inquiry. in short, i understand that there is some new material that the cabinet office has been given by borisjohnson this afternoon and that they now understand that all the material requested from them has been handed over to the cabinet office. i am still waiting to hear from the cabinet office if they now have all the material they had been engaging with boris johnson the material they had been engaging with borisjohnson over and whether they have all of the material the inquiry has requested of them. that being said,