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>>> SO
>>> SO THIS WEEK MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE THE 737 MAX JETS WERE
GROUNDED AFTER THAT SECOND
DEADLY CRASH INVOLVING THE JET.
I'M JOYCE TAYLOR.
>> AND I'M MARK WRIGHT.
SINCE THEN, BOEING STOPPED
BUILDING THOSE PLANES HERE IN
RENTON.
RENTON.
RENTON. IN THE KING 5 NEWS POLL WE
ASKED PEOPLE ALL OVER THE STATE
OF WASHINGTON, HOW CONCERNED
ARE YOU ABOUT THE POTENTIAL
IMPACT ON WASHINGTON STATE'S
ECONOMY FROM BOEING'S PROBLEMS
WITH THE 737 MAX.
MOST OF THE ANSWERS WERE KIND
OF IN THE MIDDLE.
44% SAYING THEY WERE SOMEWHAT
CONCERNED.
CONCERNED. 26% SAYING THEY ARE NOT VERY
CONCERNED.
CONCERNED. WELL, THIS WEEK COULD REALLY
FEEL LIKE A LOW POINT IN
BOEING'S TROUBLES AS THE STOCK
DROPS AND THE 737 MAX IS STILL
GROUNDED.
GROUNDED.
GROUNDED. >> SO THAT RECORD-SETTING
GROUNDING WILL OFFICIALLY TURN
A YEAR OLD THIS WEEK AS
ETHIOPIAN INVESTIGATORS NOW
RELEASE THEIR INTERIM REPORT ON
THE DISASTER.
THE DISASTER. IT HAPPENED A YEAR AGO
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW. KING 5'S AVIATION SPECIALIST
GLENN FARLEY, YOU'VE BEEN
READING THIS AGAINST A BACKDROP
OF MORE CONFLICT BETWEEN BOEING
AND THE FAA.
>> EVEN THE INTERIM REPORT TAKE
AS BIG CLIP ON THE END OF IT.
SO THE CRASH OF THIS ETHIOPIAN
JET IS WHAT CHANGED EVERYTHING
FOR BOEING.
FOR BOEING. AND THIS REPORT GOES INTO
DETAIL ABOUT HOW THE PILOTS
STRUGGLED TO KEEP THE PLANE IN
THE AIR.
THE AIR.
THE AIR. >> Reporter: THE FORCE OF THE
CRASH OF ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES
FLIGHT 302 WAS SO POWERFUL
PIECES OF THE PLANE WERE BURIED
MORE THAN TEN YARDS DEEP.
IT MADE A CRATER NEARLY HALF A
FOOTBALL FIELD WIDE.
THE FINAL MOMENTS COMING AFTER
BOEING'S MCAS SYSTEM, ALREADY
FINGERED IN ANOTHER 737 MAX
CRASH MONTHS EARLIER, FOUND
THAT BAD DATA FROM A SINGLE
SENSOR ON THE NOSE CAUSED THE
HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TO MOVE
UPWARD.
UPWARD.
UPWARD. THAT FORCED THE NOSE DOWN, IN
THIS CASE FOR THE FOURTH AND
FINAL TIME, SENDING THE PLANE
TOWARD THE GROUND AT MORE THAN
33,000 FEET PER MINUTE.
IT TOOK ONLY SECONDS TO IMPACT
THE GROUND, JUST 28 MILES FROM
THE AIRPORT.
THE AIRPORT. THIS IS AN INTERIM REPORT, THE
FINAL EXPECTED BY THE END OF
THIS YEAR.
THIS YEAR. THIS REPORT PLACES THE BLAME
SQUARELY ON BOEING'S DESIGN OF
THE MCAS SYSTEM, INADEQUATE
TRAINING FOR PILOTS HAD BEEN
FLYING THE PREVIOUS MODEL OF
THE 737 WHICH DID NOT NEED
MCAS.
MCAS.
MCAS. BUT
MCAS. BUT THE TWO CRASHES OF THE MAX
AND THE GROUNDING HAVE OPENED A
CAN OF WORMS FOR THE COMPANY
BECAUSE NOT ALL OF WHAT THEY
ARE FACING IS DIRECTLY
CONNECTED TO THESE CRASHES AND
THAT SYSTEM.
THAT SYSTEM. TODAY THE FAA TOLD BOEING IT
WOULD NOT RECONSIDER HOW SOME
WIRE BUPD LS WERE ROUTED, THAT
IF THOSE WIRES SHORTED TOGETHER
THAT COULD LEAD TO A CRASH NOT
UNLIKE WHAT WE SAW HERE.
>> SO THIS IS A LOT OF
INFORMATION YOU HAVE COMING AT
US.
US.
US. ON
US. ON FRIDAY THE FAA CRITICIZED
BOEING.
BOEING.
BOEING. JUST ON FRIDAY, WHAT WAS THAT
ABOUT?
ABOUT?
ABOUT? >>
ABOUT? >> THAT CRITICISM AND A FINE
ALMOST $20 MILLION, WE'LL SEE
HOW THAT'S NEGOTIATED GOING
FORWARD, WAS ABOUT WHAT'S
CALLED THE HEADS UP DISPLAY.
THIS IS A WINDOW THAT DROPS
DOWN OVER THE PILOT'S EYES.
THEY CAN SEE TLULT IT AND IT
PUTS THEIR INSTRUMENTS UP THERE
WITHOUT HAVING THEM TAKE THEIR
EYES OFF THE SCREEN.
BUT BASICALLY THE FAA SAYS,
WITH ONE OF THOSE HUD DISPLAYS
AS THEY'RE KAULTED, THE SENSORS
THAT WENT TO THAT WERE NOT
REALLY TESTED.
REALLY TESTED. THAT DRAWS A COMMON LINK
BETWEEN THE TWO.
>> YOU TALKED WITH THE NEW CEO,
DAVID CALHOUN, HOW CONFIDENT
ARE THEY THIS MARINE CAN GET
BACK IN THE AIR THIS COMING
SUMMER?
SUMMER?
SUMMER? >> I THINK THEY'RE CONFIDENT.
IS THAT JUNE, JULY, AUGUST,
SEPTEMBER, WHO KNOWS?
BASICALLY WHAT HE DID WHEN HE
TOOK OVER THE JOB FROM DENNIS
MUILENBURG IS SAY, LOOK,
THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE OF
THIS STUFF.
THIS STUFF. IT'S LIKE HAVING THE HOOD UP.
THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE
OTHER STUFF.
OTHER STUFF. BASICALLY THEY'VE GIVEN
THEMSELVES SOME BREATHING ROOM
INSTEAD OF SAYING IT'LL BE NEXT
MONTH AND IF THEY DON'T MAKE
THAT, NEXT MONTH.
KIND OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN.
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
BUT I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE
A LOT THAT REALLY IS GOING TO
SPEED UP.
SPEED UP.
SPEED UP. IN FACT, THE TEST AIRPLANE, I
WAS JUST OUTSIDE A FEW HOURS
AGO, THAT 737 MAX WAS LANDING
AT BOEING FIELD.
>> AND THE FAA HAS BEEN IN THE