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Is the cause behind the crashes. i generally refer to the expert, but in this case i do think there is a serious question and my personal preference would be that we not have americans flying on these planes until we have a better understanding of what the cause of these now two very deadly crashes were. >> so boeing actually failed to provide a software fix for the flight system in the 737 max 8 until after that october crash. there were pilots who looked at that and felt like this was a crimin...

Controlling their boeing 737 max 8 jets during critical moments of flight and "the wall street journal" is reporting that the software fix for the flight control system was delayed in part by the federal government shutdown. we have cnn correspondent martin savage at hartsfield jackson atlanta international airport. tell us what you have learned from these complaints from these pilots and about the response. >> reporter: well, its interesting, of course. there have been governments weighing in o...

It made them blooe this crash in africa did some what act like the lion air crash. they believe the software was in disagreement with the pilot and the plane started doing this, very hard to control. they do not believe the software fix we have been talking about at this point is the prefor putg it back in the air. it is the so called black boxes for now to help them with their decision. those boxes have remained so far in africa they are going to frans at th frans at this point. when they get d...

These planes, what are you telling them to do this next month until april when the software fix comes into play? >> theyre expressing concerns, and let me just say that we have tremendous confidence in the pilots who fly our planes and we know that the pilots will not take up a plane that they dont believe safe. we also have tremendous confidence in the 35,000 boeing workers who have put together solid planes for a very long time. this is a leadership issue. this is not about the people on the f...

Of the aircraft. should i point out that american airlines has also come forward with its own information. it has a number of these aircraft. it says theyve had no problems with these planes, nothing like the angle of attack as its been described and theyve been flying them for many, many hours. thats american airlines. brianna? >> all right, martin savage, thank you so much. for more now we have cnn former aviation analyst and safety board here with me and editor-at-large richard quest in londo...

Around the country that has banned this. what caught our attention chls th -- was that a software fix was issued for the control system. that was delayed in part because of the federal government shutdown. what are you learning about that? you know this is a labyrinthian process, you have regulators with the airlines, but the folks werent working then. that in part delayed this. would that have had an impact? >> no. unlikely. boeing has been working on this since lion air in may -- im sorry, in ...

Today, would you jump on it. >> i myself wouldnt fly on it. ainsley: you wouldnt? steve: why? >> i would not fly on the airplane. we still dont know. we have two planes that crashed and there is still uncertainty out there. takeoff is one of the most critical part after liftoff. but we are -- once those black boxes come out and thats the key, i think we will have a much clearer picture when those black boxes are analyzed which should happen in about a day or two. steve: could be something as sim...

Of the current reliance and prompted by lion air and those crash investigation results indicated that erroneous data from a single sensor that measures the angle of the planes nose caused the stall prevention system to misfire and a series of events put the aircraft into a dangerous dive. the anticipated software fix from boeing will limit the extent of the flight control systems downward push on the planes nose. that seeps lims like a good ide. how soon will it be ready? u.s. regulators are exp...

You know, why didnt you say so? how soon could this have been ready? should it have been ready before the ethiopia plane crash that killed 157 people? is the back story on the timing of when this will be rolled out and ready? software fix to this particular flight control feature had been expected early in january. discussions dragged on. officials in various parts had differing view how it should be. the shutdown halted work on the fix entirely for five weeks. so did everybody enjoy their 35-da...

Of the current reiance and prompted by lion air and those crash investigation results indicated that erroneous data from a single sensor that measures the angle of the planes nose caused the stall prevention system to misfire and a series of events put the aircraft into a dangerous dive. the anticipated software fix from boeing will limit the extent of the flight control systems downward push on the planes nose. that seems like a good idea. how soon will it be ready? u.s. regulators are expected...