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Boeing has been under the scrutiny at the us senate. the plane—maker faces allegations of safety failures after a series of incidents — including a mid—air blow out on one of its jets. boeing has defended its fleet, saying billions of travellers have flown safely. from new york, michelle fleury reports. this was damaging testimony for the plane maker. boeing engineer turned whistle—blower, sam salehpour, claimed boeing used short cuts to reduce bottlenecks during the assembly of its 787 ...

The FAA is investigating claims by a Boeing engineer, Sam Salehpour, that "sections of the fuselage of the 787 Dreamliner are improperly fastened together and could break apart mid-flight after thousands of trips".

/PRNewswire/ -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today that Greg Hyslop, the companys chief engineer and executive vice president of Engineering, Test &...

>> oak harbor, washington washington a navy pilot built his own backyard thrill ride. he doesnt have to pay for a trip to disney. instead he spent about $1000 to build a backyard roller coaster. he got help from a retired boeing engineer. the the ride is for his family, mainly his son wyatt said he can feel like a kid again. why it just became the most popular kid in the entire neighborhood. >> elizabeth: i dont know if my a lot my husband to see that he might try to build one. thats a kids tree...

It is. it does have a clear priority of one religion over another. that is simply not allowed in our constitution. >> the legal action now being taken by your state, part of the legal argument, you need to prove the executive order is doing harm to washington state. whats your argument there? >> well, its doing harm, obviously, to the individuals involved. i consoled an american citizen, a wife of a man whos cousins of boeing engineer. her husband had a visa. vetted ready to go. he flew and then...

Going to hear. there might be a little bit more significance. but as richard says, if angus boss is going to be there, they be he should be there as well. im not actually that hopeful that were going to get something major out of it, was you never know. because this is such a dynamic search that information is coming through all the time and it may well be that what theyre going to announce will be superseded by something that comes through at the last minute. >> at the very least, i would expec...

Im not actually that hopeful that were going to get something major out of it, was you never know. because this is such a dynamic search that information is coming through all the time and it may well be that what theyre going to announce will be superseded by something that comes through at the last minute. >> at the very least, i would expect him to take questions as he has been very transparent with the media thus far. we may get something, if not out of a direct announcement, but that of que...

Cant be accessed and turned off while in fight. well, that discussion never got to the point of these types of transresponders being installed in the u.s. or overseas but situations like what we are looking at right now are so rare, we will have to wait and see if that discussion pops up at all. all right, david mattingly, thank you very much. pretty amazing there, what he was able to show us. i want to talk more about the possibility that the plane was able to elude radar and what happened with...

Eight of those attacks happened in maui. to put that into perspective, hawaii has traditionally averaged four shark attacks per year. there was only one recorded in 2008 and none in 1998. researchers at the university of hawaii have launched a two-year study to get to the bottom of why these attacks are surging. >> we have signs about one mile each way on the stretch from makena landing to the reserve. were just closing the beach, monitoring, making sure everybody stays out of the water, keep it...

We know something has gone wrong, something terrible as ever. it difficult. you know, your instincts take over you dont know whats going on. >> was it loud? was it screaming. >> yeah, the moment it touched the runway it was pretty loud. >> todd curtis former boeing engineer. start with the plane, the boeing 777, when you look at pictures and see where it hit, just at the edge of the runway, close to the water, what does it tell you? >> it tell me, if nothing else the approach was more shallow th...