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By DOMINIC GATES | The Seattle Times | Published: December 20, 2020 (Tribune News Service) — A sweeping reform of how the Federal Aviation Administration approves new commercial aircraft is on the brink of passage in Congress, propelled by a rare bipartisan push and public outrage over the Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed 346. Democrats and Republicans in U.S. House and Senate committees reached agreement in down-to-the wire negotiations last Sunday evening on a bill tailored to ...

Nearly 350 people. alicia acuna has that story from denver. >> hi, jon. this information comes from a text exchange between two boeing pilots, one of whom was responsible for communicating with the federal aviation administration as boeing was trying to receive certification from regulators for the 737 max. the messages reveal a problem with the automated system used on the plane. in one text, mark forkner, the chief technical pilot, tells another about its behavior in the simulator texting quot...

Crisis over boeings max 737 planes. the messages between to pilots suggest boeing knew about the problems with its best selling jets three years ago, long before the two deadly crashes that killed 346 people. alicia acuna is live from denver with more on this story. >> reporter: hi, arthel. and boeing just turned these texts over to the department of transportation this week even though they have known about them for months. and in these texts, these pilots are discussing the m-cast, the automat...

Denver. >> hi, jon. this information comes from a text exchange between two boeing pilots, one of whom was responsible for communicating with the federal aviation administration as boeing was trying to receive certification from regulators for the 737 max. the messages reveal a problem with the automated system used on the plane. in one text, mark forkner, the chief technical pilot, tells another about its behavior in the simulator texting quote its running rampant in the sim on me so i basicall...

Nbcs stephanie gosk now with late details. >> reporter: two deadly crashes overseas 346 died, and tonight more evidence that boeing was aware of the problem with the anti-stall system on the 737 max and didnt tell the faa or airlines that fly the plane. in these messages from 2016 obtained by nbc news, two test pilots working for boeing write about problems with the mcas system two years before the first fatal crash in indonesia. its running rampant in the sim on me, writes the former chief test...

The 737 max. they didnt tell the faa or airlines that flight the plane. in these messages from 2016 obtained by nbc news, two test pilots working for boeing write about problems with the mcas system in the flight simulator two years before the first fatal crash in indonesia. its running rampant in the sim on me, writes the former chief test pilot mark forkner. the other pilot responds, oh, great. that means we have to update the trim description. forkner writes, so i basically lied to the regula...