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Of the 737 max airplane at a hearing before the house transportation and infrastructure committee. Hes joined by boeing chief engineer john hamilton. This is just over two hours. Committee on transportation and infrastructure will come to order. I ask unanimous consent that the chair be authorized to declare recesses during todays hearing. Without objection, so ordered. I also consent that the chair and Ranking Member of the full committee be recognized for ten minutes each during the first round of questions without objection. So ordered. Before i begin i want to explain an administrative matter regarding some of the documents we may use in todays hearing and will be entered into the record. Ill be making two requests in reference to two document lists, a and b. We have been advised by the house generally counsel that the constitution provided authority for us to release these documents and the documents from boeing, boeings atto ....
And then the second plane crashed. Crashed minutes after taking off. This was going to be an existential crisis for the company. They had no idea how powerful mcas was. Faas oversight was sorely lacking. The mounting pressure on boeing. This was supposed to be one of the most highly scrutinized planes in the world. Here you are with another incident that was risking passengers lives. We are going to approach this, number one, acknowledging our mistake. Narrator now on frontline, it had direct echoes of everything we had been reporting on years ago. Narrator boeings fatal flaw. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Additional support is provided by the abrams foundation, committed to excellence in journalism. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john d. And catherine t. Macarthu ....
And then the second plane crashed. Crashed minutes after taking off. This was going to be an existential crisis for the company. They had no idea how powerful mcas was. Faas oversight was sorely lacking. The mounting pressure on boeing. This was supposed to be one of the most highly scrutinized planes in the world. Here you are with another incident that was risking passengers lives. We are going to approach this, number one, acknowledging our mistake. Narrator now on frontline, it had direct echoes of everything we had been reporting on years ago. Narrator boeings fatal flaw. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by theorporation for public broadcasting. Additional support is provided by the abrams foundation, committed to excellence in journalism. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john d. And catherine t. Macarthur ....