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And i very quickly figured out what it was. >> what was the reaction from the ntsb when you contacted them? >> well, the chair had just finished giving a press briefings. she was so excited she ran back in to tell the journalists who were still there about it. and she only announced me as bob from portland, the teacher from portland. but people very quickly figured out i was the bob. and they actually came. theyre still here in portland. they came to talk to my class and some other students at m...

They had some problems with the pressure bulkhead. most notoriously, the two fatal crashes related to some software designed to keep the aircraft flying properly. this is a series of mistakes by once the gold standard manufacturer of airlines in the world. its just mind-boggling to anybody in aviation that these bolts would not be turned properly to the right torx and the wires put through them to make sure they dont get loose. as far as we know, there werent any bolts on the door, which was eje...

The ntsb when you contacted them? >> well, the chair had just finished giving a press briefing. she was so excited she ran back in to tell the journalists who were still there about it. and she only announced me as bob from portland, a teacher from portland. but people very quickly figured out i was the bob. and they actually came, they are still here in portland, they came and talked to my classes and some other students at my school today. >> oh, thats cool. >> and they were very outgoing and ...

And notoriously, two stfatal crashes from software to keep the aircraft flying properly. these are a series of mistakes from once the gold standard of manufacturing in the world. its mind-boggling to anyone in aviation that the bolts would not be turned to the right torques. as far as we know, there werent any bolts on the door that was ejected from that aircraft. and thats stunning. >> a 3-year-old can tell you righty tighty, lefty loosey. the ntsb says the alaska plane that lost the fuselage, ...

Acknowledging what he calls, quote, our mistake. >> were going to approach this, number one, acknowledging our mistake. were going to approach it with 100% complete transparency every step of the way. were going to work with the ntsb, who is investigating the accident, to find out what the root cause is. >> this comes as the 737 max 9 inspections are delayed after regulators told them how airlines should independence the jet. technicians have found loose hardware on some of the max 9s. authoriti...

Is safe? he said yes, but he would look into it. something is wrong. newest and most used jetses have multiple safety incidents. >> discovery of loose bolts. the senator says it is too early to point fingers who dropped the ball not too son for congress to get involved. they are waiting for the ntsb to get involved in the investigation. >> it is early in the fact-finding phase. that will take a few days. important thing, ntsb has recovered the board and in process of analyzing that and that will...

Anything yet. >> we will all be waiting nature that, especially those passengers on the plane and staff, as well. a source with boeing says the company believes the issue started in the aircrafts manufacturing supply chain. lets get to pete muntean. pete, as you look at this investigation, theres a lot that we dont know. but there are some clues in the investigation so far, correct? >> reporter: really big clues. remember that max 9s are still grounded by the faa pending new inspections by airli...

The national transportation safety board says it expects a preliminary report in less than a month on what caused the door plug of an alaska airlines flight to blow off the plane on friday leaving a refrigerator-sized hole minutes after takeoff. boeing grounded most of its 737 max 9 planes indefinitely as authorities inspect them. this as the ceo of boeing is acknowledging that the companys so-called mistake but wont specify exactly what the mistake is, and the ntsb wants to know the answer to t...

Usually achieve. in this case, recognising there may be a problem, working with that national transportation safety board, which is focused on the safety lessons, i think is the best way to recover the situation, and ifeel heartened by that. i quick as you mention there, theres an awful lot of introspection after those first 737 max incidents. you would wonder, with all the deep examination of these planes, how these loose bolts could have escaped attention? clearly the investigational want to g...

Involve other companies that delivered components, indeed the fuselage, into this built programme, and if that ntsb investigation find something that needs immediate action, we will know about that straightaway, and we wont have to wait 12 or 18 months. i think you will see rapid action here, and it is good to see the response from boeing seems to be very different this time. g; a, boeing seems to be very different this time. g; ~ . ., this time. the 737 max nine, a secific this time. the 737 ma...