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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 plane's 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 plane's nose. that seems like a good idea. how soon will it be ready? u.s. regulators are expected to mandate this change by the end of next month. okay. so that's still a ways off but in the work...

Of lion air flight 610 in october. those preliminary crash investigation results indicated that erroneous data from a single sensor, which measures the angle of the plane's nose, caused the stall prevention system to misfire. and then a series of events put the aircraft into a dangerous dive. the anticipated software fix from boeing, quote, will limit the extent of the flight control systems' downward push on the plane's nose. that seems like a good idea. how soon are they going to have it ready? well, according to this scoop today from "the wall street journal," the faa, u.s. aviation regulat...

Being made to the software that controls the max 8's flight control systems. the changes will be made no later than april. aviation expert described how the 737 max 8 has bigger engines that necessitated them being moved farther forward on the wing changing the handling characteristics of the max 8. it behaves differently than earlier versions of the 737. >> bill: when you apply full power to the airplane it drives the nose up. what boeing did to counter that is they automated it. >> in the event of -- it might be pilot-induced oscillation. they said the max flight control operations manual ou...

Gather in the midwest other than chicago to nominate their presidential candidate. >> bill: interesting choice. they lost wisconsin by a few thousand votes in 2016. we'll see you in milwaukee. here we go. several countries reacting after a deadly crash that killed 157 people including eight americans. the second time in five months that a new boeing aircraft crashes moments into flight. the aerospace company facing questions as countries around the world ground this particular model. we have more. >> precisely because airline crashes are so rare nowadays, the crashes of two boeing 737 max 8s i...

Unauthorized remote access to aircraft avionics. >> that's the problem. >> it is a problem. chris roberts says it's a very complex process to access the system and it takes a number of steps to be able to do it. take a listen. >> it's not an easy thing to do. and there are very few individuals or groups who i would be capable. >> united tells me it is confident that its flight control systems cannot be accessed through the method head described. >> he said they could and they said he was a problem and believed he had done it. that's why he was kept off the plane. >> all right. >> if only a few...