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200 hours total time. now, that, like i said it was reported in the press. i haven't seen that officially confirmed. i know the captain supposedly had 8,000 hours, so he was very experienced. but there are some differences between the so-called max 8 737 and the earlier types. and some of the things that work for pilots, some of the actions that you take you have a loss of control are quite different on the max 8. so the training of these pilots whether or not they were properly briefed on the new max 8 features, the so-called maneuvering, augmentation control system, maneuvering characteristi...

Attack, how your nose is pointed with regard to the horizon, up, down, to put it in simple terms. when they had this discrepancy, they were starting to troubleshoot but the plane itself, and this at that time was unknown to the pilots, the plane itself was trained to -- or was compute pror gramd r pro put the nose down. and when they did that, when they did the max 8, boeing put on heavier, more efficient engines and that changed the center of gravity on the plane and so they had to put this system in to put nose down. they thought it was an additional measure for safety on the plane. but, pil...

Aufrbg it causes a different reaction than earlier models of the 737. listen. >> it's going to push the airplane up. when you push the airplane up, what action should he take to correct that rapid climb? he could have induced problems into the flight himself at that point in time. >> reporter: john goaly all points out the first officer in this ethiopian air crash had only 200 hours of flying time. compare that to a minimum of 1500 for u.s. first officers. the flight and data recorders have both been recovered. radar data shows the max 8 first climbed rapidly then descended rapidly, continuing...

And cockpit voice recorders. doug mckelway has the latest from reagan international airport. >> at the united nations today a flag at half-staff in honor of 157 people killed, 21 of them u.n. staffers in sunday's crash of an ethiopian airlines boeing 737. >> as we all know ethiopian airlines is a well-known airline that has not experienced such accidents for a long time. >> it was the second boeing 737 max 8 to crash in five months. in the first it dove vertically into the sea killing all 189 on board. radar data showed similar violent oscillations pitching up and down before the planes crashe...

Disdained for the structures of our government and the public the president is charged to serve. >> it is amazing. all right, i want to quickly take a look at the stockmarket. we mentioned it earlier, boeing taking a big hit. it's opened five minutes and down 12%. since this crash that took place over the week, this is pad news for boeing. this could drag the dow down. >> it's more than 300 points to the 160 point decline. all of this is coming from boeing. this is the problem. the second fatal crash. there are a variety of new technologies installed on this particular airliner, including some...