Seating Configuration News Today

see the wreckage of the titanic. this hour the supply of oxygen is rapidly running out. well show you what conditions are like inside the small, cramped sub that left with five people on board. china is now lashing out at the united states after president joe biden referred to chinese leader xi jinping as a dictator. this as cnn is getting an exclusive look at military drills preparing for a potential chinese invasion of taiwan. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all aro...

>> hello. and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. im michael holmes. a terrifying incident leaves many boeing 737 max 9s temporarily grounded and 177 passengers and crew feeling lucky to be alive. were actually now waiting for a news briefing from the u.s. national transportation safety board. thats set to begin at any minute, and we will bring it to you live. theyll be discussing what happened on alaska airlines flight 1282 on friday. officials and witnes...

right now, though, a live look at a very snowy harrisburg, pennsylvania. you can kind of barely see it. the northeast is bracing for a major winter storm. whats expected to be the areas first big snowfall in two years. more than 40 million people are under winter alerts, from the mid-atlantic from new england, from 8 to 12 inches of snow expected through sunday. that storm already bringing heavy rain and sleet to the southeast, causing icy and hazardous driving conditions. in moments, ...

Tonight, the ceremonial swearing in of Justice Brett kavanaugh well carry it live here on fox news. 7 00 eastern time. 6 00 central. Your world with neil cavuto is coming up right now. Neil you are looking live at latham, new york. A little more than two miles north of manhattan where we are trying to come to grips how it was 20 people were killed in a limo accident including two pedestrians. This is the deadliest transportation disaster to hit the United States in nine years. Normally when you ...

Air-traffic control exactly what youre doing. >> when able give me the nature of the emergency. >> the part of this plane that failed, the part will now need to be inspected is on the left side oaf the planes fuselage. its where a door can be installed at the boeing factory, but it all depends on the seating configuration thats ordered by the airline. this plane did not have a door there. instead its had whats called a door plug. this plane rolled off the boeing factory floor in washington only ...

Boeing jets -- they are not all grounded, right, it only effects the planes that have these deactivated doors or so-called replacement plugs, is that correct? >> thats exactly right. it affects about 171 planes and these are only the planes who had this door plug installed because they did not need this extra door because of their seating configuration, did not reach 205 to 210 people. >> okay. so lets talk about the ntsb investigation, something that you would be very familiar with. what exactl...

Of the planes fuselage. a door can be installed at the boeing factory. it depends on the seating configuration ordered by the airline. this airplane did not have a door. instead, there was a door plug there that you would see from the outside, you wouldnt really know it from the inside. this plane in question rolled off the factory floor only a few months ago, october 15th was the first flight. about 150 flights for alaska airlines since then. this has thrust boeing under the microscope once aga...

10,000. >> you can hear the pilots with their muffled voices. likely they had oxygen masks on too. the side of the airplanes fuselage is where this occurred. there is a door that can be installed at the boeing factory. it depends on the seating configuration ordered by the airline. this airplane, in particular, did not have it. instead, it is a plug that you can see on the outside of the plane there. this plane in particular rolled off the factory floor only ten weeks ago. first flight, october ...

>> when able, give me the nature of the emergency and your intention. >> we need to come down to 10,000. >> reporter: the part that failed, that will now be inspected, is on the left side of the planes fuselage. a door can be installed at the boeing factory. it depends on the seating configuration ordered by the airline. this airplane did not have a door there. instead, there was a door plug there that you would see from the outside. you wouldnt really know it from the inside. this plane in ques...

Feet, long 9.2 feet, wide and eight feet high. it only has the capacity for five people, one, pilot and for members of the crew. there are not any seats inside, it is the size and shape of a cylinder, so passengers sit on the floor with their backs arched against the sides. you are looking there at a typical seating configuration for the people inside, and this here is a photo of the actual inside of the sub posted on ocean gate site. so, you can get a sense, a visual of how much room, or lack t...