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Wow. kristin: boeing is now saying that it's completed that software update for its 737 max planes in the wake of a congressional hearing with the acting f.a.a. administrator about the aircraft. for more on this we're bringing in rob mark, senior editor at flying magazine and publisher of jetline.com. rob mark, thank you for coming in. let's start with what boeing is saying, they're saying they fixed the update. is that enough to clear the 737 max to get up and flying? >> not by a long shot. the f.a.a. is under pressure from congress that they may have given boeing a little too much leeway in ...

Viewers, robert mark from jetline.com, thank you. >> new washington post op-ed claimed the incoming republican administration will hurt millions of low income americans which are next guest say democrats may the ones threatening the middle-class. dealing with another cyberattack after the twitter account gets hacked and the hackers thought it would be fun to start a rumor about a superstar's death. is that nice? more next.

Of jetline.com. thank you for being with us. >> you're welcome. >> so this australian ship is in the indian ocean, towing a device from the u.s. navy that detects pings from the flight data recorders, and this flight has picked up signals and australia's prime minister says he has a high level of confidence the pings are from the black box. but the batteries are said to last around 30 days. the plane went missing march 8th, that's 35 days ago. there have been no new pings since tuesday, four days ago. how optimistic are you we can find this recorder before those batteries run out? >> i don't k...

Former corporate pilot and editor of jetline.com. i think the average person who has been up in an air lean is thinking about their experience. they are circling around trying to blow off fuel and the pilot will have to make an emergency landing. how much danger are they in? we don't know which of these planes if any is the affected plane. we are trying to pin this down. >> i'll tell you right away. it's always a concern when an airplane blows a tire. under most weight conditions it needs four. but there is a safety issue with the file. they want to make sure there is as little as possible to

Addition to housing the local office of the fbi, we can assume that there are other offices in play, plus people driving in the area, and jon, you're a pilot, so basically, what are the options of what can happen? jon: well, we'll get to that in just a moment. robert mark is with us on the phone, he's a commercial pilot, also editor of jetline.com. robert, when you see pictures like this, and again, the indications are that this was a relatively small single engine airplane, what are the first thoughts that come to your mind? >> i think the first thought that comes to my mind is there was some...