Are sold. Faa administer testifies about airplane Safety Standards and oversight. The Senate Transportation committee is investigating the faas safety certification process after two deadly crashes involving the boeing 737 max aircraft in 2019. From earlier today, this is just over two hours and 45 minutes. Good morning. Today the committee convenes for a hearing on the federal Aviation Administrations oversight of aircraft certification. I welcome our witnesses, faa administer steve dixon and michael stumo, father of samyo who tragically died and thank them for participating. March 10th marched the oneyear anniversary of the crash of ethiopians flight 382. The aircraft involved in both accidents was the boeing 737 max. Our deepest sympathies continue to go out to the families of those loved ones who are among the 346 souls lost in these crashes. Since the Ethiopian Airlines crash, the committee has heard from many whistleblowers at the faa, at boeing and in the Aviation Industry. It i
Good morning. Today that committee convenes to a hearing on the faa oversight of aircraft certification i welcome our witnesses mr. Dixon and mr. Steele father sonja who tragically died plate three oh two and we thank them for participating. March 10 mark the oneyear anniversary of the crash of Ethiopian Airlines three oh two which was preceded by the p loss of flight 602. The aircraft involved in both accidents was the boeing 737 and max are deepest sympathies continue to go out to the families those loved ones who are among the 346 souls lost in these questions. Since the Ethiopian Airlines crash the committee has heard from many whistleblowers at the faa and boeing in the Aviation Industry. It is increasingly clear from our investigation the faa has a number of Serious Problems address. My investigation staff is interviewed dozens of witnesses many thousands of documents and emails and diligent pursuit of the facts. No matter where they lead i must express my profound frustration wi
Good morning. Today the committee convenes for a hearing on the federal Aviation Administrations oversight of aircraft certification. I welcome our witnesses, faa administer steve dixon and michael stumo, father of samyo who tragically died and thank them for participating. March 10th marched the oneyear anniversary of the crash of ethiopians flight 382. The aircraft involved in both accidents was the boeing 737 max. Our deepest sympathies continue to go out to the families of those loved ones who are among the 346 souls lost in these crashes. Since the Ethiopian Airlines crash, the committee has heard from many whistleblowers at the faa, at boeing and in the Aviation Industry. It is increasingly clear from our investigation that the faa has a number of Serious Problems to address. My investigation staff has interviewed dozens of witnesses, reviewed many thousands of documents and emails and been diligent in pursuit of these facts. No matter where they lead. However, i must express my
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The Kennedy Space center for this Historic Mission as we once again prepared a launch bob and 309a from the crew dragon, an exciting time, but where was this weather wednesday afternoon . It is a challenge to compete with the weather in florida in the summer, but we will do what is right, so were moving ahead, and sounds like we have a 5050 chance with the weather again tomorrow, and we will see how it works out. It is my pleasure to introduce jim bridenstine. Thank you, bob. That is our highest priority is and always has been bob and doug , and of course, couple of days ago, we had too much electricity in the atmosphere, and the challenge is not that we were in a lightning storm. Launchllenge is that a could trigger lightning. The rocket could become a lightning bolt, and so we had these parameters set ahead of time. Nasa and the spacex team knew exactly what the parameters were. Those parameters were limitations and those limitations were exceeded, and that put us in a position to de