>> Asha: TONIGHT, THE INVESTIGATION AFTER A BOEING PLANE TOOK A SUDDEN AND TERRIFYING MID-AIR PLUNGE. >> PEOPLE ARE SCREAMING AND SHRIEKING IN PAIN. >> Asha: 50 PEOPLE HURT, THE PILOT APPARENTLY BLAMING EQUIPMENT FAILURE. >> HOW IN THE WORLD COULD THIS HAPPEN? JASH. >> Asha: WE BREAK DOWN WHAT IS
GOING ON AT BOEING AND HAS ANYTHING CHANGED SINCE THOSE DEADLY CRASHES FIVE YEARS AGO. >>> HAITI’S PRIME MINISTER PROMISES TO RESIGN, BUT THE CHAOS CONTINUES. >> HIDING IN THEIR HOMES AND WAITING TO SEE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. >> Asha: SPECIAL COUNSEL. >> POLITICS PLAYED NO PART WHATSOEVER.
>> Asha: THE MAN WHO MADE THE DECISION AND NEITHER SIDE IS HAPPY. >> Announcer: FROM CBC NEWS, THIS IS “THE NATIONAL” WITH ASHA TOMLINSON. >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT, ADRIENNE IS ON ASSIGNMENT. >>> BOEING IS ONCE AGAIN UNDER SCRUTINY AFTER YET ANOTHER DANGEROUS INCIDENT ON ONE OF ITS PLANES. THIS ONE INJURED DOZENS. THOSE WOUNDS THE RESULT OF A BOEING DREAMLINER LOSING ALTITUDE AND LAUNCHING PASSENGERS FROM THEIR SEATS. SOME SO FORCEFULLY THAT THEY
DAMAGED THE CABIN. JUST WEEKS AGO, A DOOR PANEL FLEW OFF A BOEING AFTER TAKEOFF. AND TONIGHT WE’RE LEARNING THE RESULTING INVESTIGATION REPORTEDLY FOUND DOZENS OF FLAWS IN THE COMPANY’S MANUFACTURING PROCESS. THOMAS DAIGLE NOW WITH THE BUILDING CONCERN AND THE TRAUMATIC FLIGHT THAT IS ADDING NEW PRESSURE. >> Reporter: PASSENGERS WERE
THROWN TO THE CEILING ON THIS FLIGHT FROM AUSTRALIA TO NEW ZEALAND WITH AT LEAST ONE SEEN HERE ATTENDED TO ON THE FLOOR MID-FLIGHT. >> IT FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ARE IN A ROLLER COASTER AND YOU JUST GO LIKE THIS? >> Reporter: THIS DREAMLINER, FLOWN BY THE CHILEAN AIRLINE LATAM ABRUPTLY DROPPED
300 FEET, LEAVING 50 PEOPLE INJURED, SEVERAL SENT TO HOSPITAL. >> I JUST REALIZED THAT I’M NOT IN A MOVIE. THIS IS ACTUALLY FOR REAL. >> Reporter: THIS CANADIAN BRIAN WAS ON THE FLIGHT AND TOOK THESE PICTURES SHOWING EMERGENCY CREWS BOARDING THE PLANE AFTER IT LANDED IN AUCKLAND.
>> THE PILOT CAME FROM THE BACK AND THEY SAID WHAT WAS THAT? AND HE OPENLY ADMITTED — HE SAID, I LOST CONTROL OF THE PLANE. MY GAUGES JUST KIND OF WENT BLANK ON ME. >> Reporter: IT’S THE LATEST IN A STRING OF TERRIFYING INCIDENTS INVOLVING BOEING JETS.
A TIRE FELL OFF THIS 777 TAKING OFF FROM SAN FRANCISCO LAST WEEK, SMASHING CARS BELOW. THAT ALASKA AIRLINES MAX-9 THAT SAW A DOOR PANEL BLOW OUT IN JANUARY IS PROMPTING INVESTIGATIONS AND MORE SCATHING CRITICISM OF BOEING. >> THEY NEED TO GO THROUGH A SERIOUS TRANSFORMATION HERE IN TERMS OF THEIR RESPONSIVENESS,
THEIR CULTURE, AND THEIR QUALITY ISSUES. >> Reporter: “THE NEW YORK TIMES” REPORTS THE PLANE MAKER RECENTLY FAILED 33 OUT OF 89 AUDITS CARRIED OUT BY U.S. REGULATORS. BOEING TELLS CBC NEWS IN A STATEMENT “WE CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT IMMEDIATE CHANGES AND DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE ACTION PLAN TO STRENGTHEN SAFETY AND QUALITY.”
>> BOEING CULTURE HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST 15 OR 20 YEARS AND IT’S SHOWING UP IN TERMS OF THE ISSUES THAT WE’RE HAVING WITH THIS NEW GENERATION OF AIRPLANE. >> Reporter: AIRLINES, INCLUDING WESTJET, ARE AWAITING THEIR NEW MAX PLANES, BUT THE COMPANY IS SLOWING PRODUCTION AS THE FAA
DEMANDS A PLAN FROM BOEING BY THIS SPRING TO ADDRESS CONCERNS OVER QUALITY AND SAFETY. >> Asha:SO, THOMAS, YOU MENTIONED SLOWER PRODUCTION, BUT HOW SLOW ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE? >> Reporter: LOOK AT IT THIS WAY — ON A MONTHLY BASIS, BOEING IS MAKING FUHRER AS MANY MAX JETS AS IT WOULD WANT TO.
AND THIS IS A BIG DEAL, THE LARGEST DOMESTIC CARRIER IN THE U.S. IS LOOKING AT CUTTING ITS FLIGHT SCHEDULE LATER THIS YEAR. UNITED AIRLINES CONSIDERING TAKING ITS BUSINESS ELSEWHERE TO AIRBUS. AND HERE IN CANADA IT’S NOT AT ALL CLEAR WHETHER WESTJET IS GOING TO RECEIVE THE 22 NEW MAX
PLANES THAT IT INTENDED TO BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR. >> Asha: WOW, THOMAS, THANK YOU. >> Reporter: YOU’RE WELCOME. >> Asha: A RETIRED BOEING EMPLOYEE TURNED WHISTLEBLOWER IS FOUND DEAD OF AN APPARENT SUICIDE. JOHN BARNETT WAS A QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTOR AT BOEING FOR 32 YEARS. AFTER HIS DEPARTURE IN 2017 HE
FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE FEDERAL REGULATORS IN THE U.S. AND SPOKE PUBLICLY ABOUT WHAT HE CALLED CATASTROPHIC SAFETY CONCERNS. BOEING HAS DENIED THOSE ACCUSATIONS. OFFICIALS SAY THAT BARNETT DIED OF A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND. HE WAS 62 YEARS OLD. >>> IT’S BEEN FIVE YEARS SINCE BOEING’S SAFETY FAILURES PUT IT
UNDER SCRUTINY, WITH TWO DEADLY CRASHES OF THE MAX-8. WE LOOK AT WHAT’S CHANGED. THAT’S A BIT LATER ON “THE BREAKDOWN.” >>> AFTER DAYS OF VIOLENCE AND CHAOS, HAITI’S PRIME MINISTER HAS AGREED TO STEP DOWN. WHEN A NEW LEADER IS FOUND. BUT AS SASA PETRICIC SHOWS US, WITH THE GANG LEADERS VYING FOR
CONTROL, IT’S NOT CLEAR WHO WILL TAKE OVER OR HOW. >> Reporter: STREETS CALMED AND PATIENCE APPLAUDED, THE RESIGNATION OF PRIME MINISTER ARIEL HENRY. >>(SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGUAGE). >> Reporter: “I CAN’T SAY THAT HE DID MUCH FOR US,” SHE SAYS, “EXCEPT LET THINGS GET OUT OF HAND.” UNDER HIS WATCH, VIOLENCE EXPLODED AND POVERTY SPREAD.
GANG POWER GREW SO MUCH THAT HENRY HIMSELF DIDN’T DARE RETURN TO HAITI. SHOWING UP ON VIDEO FROM PUERTO RICO. >>(SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGUAGE). >> Reporter: “I’M ASKING HAITIANS TO DO WHATEVER YOU CAN SO THAT PEACE AND STABILITY RETURNS,” HE SAYS, VOWING TO LEAVE ONCE A TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL IS FORMED TO LOOK FOR A
NEW PRIME MINISTER. BUT WHILE MANY DEMANDED HIS RESIGNATION, PEOPLE ARE AS SCARED AS EVER. >> EVERYBODY IS HIDING IN THEIR PLACE, IN THEIR HOME. ALL OF THE SCHOOLS ARE OUT. FOR NOW WE’RE WAITING TO SEE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. >> Reporter: GANG LEADER JIMMY CHERIZIER, KNOWN AS “BARBECUE,” OMINOUSLY PROMISES MORE VIOLENCE.
>>(SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGUAGE). >> Reporter: “WE ARE IN A BLOODY REVOLUTION,” HE SAYS, “WE MUST DESTROY THE WICKED SYSTEM.” FOREIGN POWERS WHO HAVE BEEN PROPPING UP HAITI NOW HOPE FOR A QUICK TRANSITION. >> WE EXPECT THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL WILL BE APPOINTED IN THE NEXT 24-48 HOURS.
AND THEN THEY WILL TAKE THE STEP TO APPOINT AN INTERIM PRIME MINISTER IN THE NEAR FUTURE. >> Reporter: AFTER THAT, WASHINGTON, OTTAWA AND OTHERS EXPECT THEIR FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO BRING IN INTERNATIONAL FORCE THAT WILL RESTORE CALM. BUT THE ONLY COUNTRY ACTUALLY WILLING TO SEND POLICE IS KENYA, AND THAT’S ON HOLD UNTIL HAITI
SORTS OUT WHO IS IN CHARGE. IN THE MEANTIME, MANY HAITIANS STARVE, SAYS THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME. >> SO WE CAN’T JUST FOCUS ON SECURITY, WE ALSO NEED TO SUPPORT THE POPULATION WITH HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE. >> Reporter: HAITIANS ARE HOPING THIS CHANGE WILL BE FOR THE BETTER. SASA PETRICIC, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Asha: A NEW OPERATION TO GET AID INTO GAZA IS NOW UNDERWAY. THAT AS THE UNITED NATIONS SAYS THAT IT DELIVERED SUPPLIES TO THE NORTH FOR THE FIRST TIME IN WEEKS. BUT AS RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN SHOWS US, SO MUCH MORE IS NEEDED AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT. >> Reporter: CASTING OFF FROM
CYPRESS, THIS BOAT IS CARRYING MUCH-NEEDED AID TO WAR-TORN GAZA. THAT NEED SO PRESSING THAT ITS VOYAGE IS BEGINNING AS THE DOCK TO RECEIVE SHIPMENTS IS STILL BEING BUILT. >> WE ARE WORKING WITH DIFFERENT ACTORS AND DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTS AND DIFFERENT ENTITIES. >> Reporter: ISRAEL HAS CLEARED THESE GOODS FOLLOWING AN INSPECTION BY CYPRESS.
THE OPEN ARMED SHIP AND ITS 200 TONNES OF SUPPLIES ARE GOING THROUGH AN UNTESTED ROUTE, ONE THAT COULD TAKE TWO DAYS AND FACE OTHER DANGEROUS OBSTACLES. >> WE’RE WORKING IN A VERY COMPLICATED CONDITIONS. >> Reporter: WESTERN COUNTRIES, INCLUDING CANADA, SUPPORT A SEA CORRIDOR FOR AID SHIPMENTS. MÉLANIE JOLY REITERATED THE NEED
FOR HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT WHILE VISITING THE WEST BANK. IN THE MEANTIME, OTHER COUNTRIES INCLUDING THE U.S., DROPPED AID BY AIR AGAIN. STILL MANY WARNED TOO LITTLE IS COMING. >> MEDICINE IS NEEDED. MEDICAL SUPPLIES ARE NEEDED. PEOPLE ARE BUILDING TENTS OUT OF LIKE LOOSE PLASTIC SHEETS NAILED TO SCRAPS OF WOOD.
>> Reporter: IT’S AN ORDEAL THAT FEW HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ESCAPE, BUT TUESDAY TWO CANADIAN BROTHERS SPOKE TO A CBC NEWS FREELANCER INSIDE OF GAZA BEFORE CROSSING THE RAFAH BORDER. BOTH ABOUT THEIR RELIEF AND THEIR REGRET. >> I’M ABLE TO LEAVE AND GOING TO EGYPT WHERE MY WIFE AND MY
DAUGHTERS ARE OVER THERE. >> I AM GLAD THAT MY FAMILY — [INDISCERNIBLE] >> Reporter: MORE AID COULD BE ON THE WAY, WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN SAYS THAT THEY HAVE ANOTHER 500 TONNES LYING IN WAIT AND THE U.S. IS SENDING FOUR ARMY SHIPS TO BUILD A TEMPORARY DOCK IN GAZA, BUT THAT
PROJECT COULD TAKE UP TO TWO MONTHS. RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA. >> Asha: UKRAINE IS GETTING A MUCH-NEEDED WEAPONS BOOST FROM THE U.S. A $300 MILLION AID PACKAGE WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY. IT INCLUDES ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILES AND ARTILLERY ROUNDS. THE MAKESHIFT PLAN WILL ONLY HELP UKRAINE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
A MUCH LARGER AID PACKAGE WORTH BILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAS BEEN STALLED IN CONGRESS FOR MONTHS, BLOCKED BY REPUBLICANS. >>> A HIGH-PROFILE SPECIAL COUNSEL IS DEFENDING HIS REPORT THAT CLEARED JOE BIDEN OF WRONGDOING IN HIS HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. AS KATIE SIMPSON EXPLAINS, HIS FINDINGS ARE UNDER FIRE FROM DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS.
>> Reporter: SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT HUR IS EASILY ONE OF WASHINGTON’S MORE POLARIZING FIGURES. SO IT CAME AS LITTLE SURPRISE THAT HIS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED CAPITOL HILL HEARING TURNED INTO A COMBATIVE PARTISAN SPECTACLE WITH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS DRAWING WILDLY DIFFERENT CONCLUSIONS. >> IT REPRESENTS THE COMPLETE AND TOTAL EXONERATION OF JOE BIDEN.
>> JOE BIDEN BROKE THE LAW AN BECAUSE HE’S A FORGETFUL OLD MAN WHO WOULD APPEAR SYMPATHET TO A JURY, MR. HUR CHOSE TO NOT BRING CHARGES. >> Reporter: HUR DEFENDED HIS DECISION TO NOT CHARGE JOE BIDEN, DESPITE HIS REPORT FINDING EVIDENCE THAT HE KNOWINGLY AND WILLINGLY RETAINED CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS.
>> AS I SAID, THE REPORT IS NOT AN EXONERATION. THAT WORD DOES NOT APPEAR IN MY REPORT. >> Reporter: HUR STOOD BY HIS JUSTIFICATION, SAYING THAT PROSECUTORS WOULD LIKELY LOSE A JURY TRIAL SINCE HE COMES OFF AS A SYMPATHETIC OLD MAN WITH A POOR MEMORY. >> MY ASSESSMENT OF THE
RELEVANCE OF THE PRESIDENT’S MEMORY WAS NECESSARY AND ACCURATE AND FAIR. >> Reporter: DEMOCRATS ACCUSE HUR OF PAINTING BIDEN AS A SENILE OLD MAN TO HELP REPUBLICANS IN THE ELECTION. >> BUT YOU CHOSE A GENERAL PEJORATIVE REFERENCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND YOU UNDERSTOOD WHEN YOU MADE THAT DECISION, DIDN’T YOU MR. HUR, THAT WOULD
IGNITE A POLITICAL FIRESTORM WITH THAT LANGUAGE, DIDN’T YOU? >> CONGRESSMAN, POLITICS PLAYED NO PART WHATSOEVER. >> Reporter: REPUBLICANS ALSO CRIED FOUL SAYING THAT DONALD TRUMP SHOULD HAVE BEEN TREATED THE SAME WAY FOR HIS HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS, DESPITE THE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN THE CASES. THEY CALL THE CHARGES AGAINST TRUMP UNFAIR.
>> THE FACT THAT THE ONLY PERSON PROSECUTED BY THE PRESIDENT’S POLITICAL OPPONENT MAKES THIS AN UNPRECEDENTED ASSAULT ON OUR DEMOCRACY. >> Reporter: LAWMAKERS DELIVER PERFORMANCES THAT WILL PLAY WELL ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE VOTING BASES, WHICH IS LARGELY HOW THIS HEARING WILL BE REMEMBERED. KATIE SIMPSON, CBC NEWS, WASHINGTON.
>> Asha: ATLANTIC CANADA’S LARGEST NEWSPAPER COMPANY IS FILING FOR CREDITOR PROTECTION AS IT GRAPPLES WITH TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF DEBT. KAYLA HOUNSELL LOOKS AT WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR LOCAL NEWS. >> Reporter: FOR BILL NIVIN THIS IS A RITUAL OLD AS TIME. >> I BOUGHT THIS HOUSE 27 YEARS
AGO AND I DESCRIBED TO THE NEWSPAPER THE NEXT DAY. SO IT’S BEEN 25 YEARS. >> Reporter: THE PAPER ITSELF, THE CHRONICLE HERALD, DATES BACK 200 YEARS. THE OLDEST INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN CANADA. BUT THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT THAT ONE PAPER. IN 2017, ITS OWNERS WENT ON A SHOPPING SPREE, BUYING UP ALMOST
ALL OF THE NEWSPAPERS IN NOVA SCOTIA, NEWFOUNDLAND AND PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, CREATING THE SALTWIRE NETWORK. NOW THE PRIVATE EQUITY FUND SAYS THAT SALTWIRE OWES IT MORE THAN $32 MILLION AND IT’S TRYING TO DISSOLVE THE COMPANY, AND PUTTING THOSE PAPERS AT RISK. >> A NEWSPAPER — THERE’S SOMETHING BEHIND IT.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WENT TO JOURNALISM SCHOOL, WHO, YOU KNOW, STUDIED WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH WHAT NEWS IS ALL ABOUT. >> THEY REFER TO THEMSELVES AS A COHORT? >> Reporter: AT THIS JOURNALISM SCHOOL, THE PROCESSOR SAYS THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE TROUBLE AT SALTWIRE. >> NO ONE ELSE IS GOING TO
THOSE TOWN COUNCIL MEETINGS. NO ONE ELSE IS REPORTING ON JAMES, THE FIGURE SKATING GOLD MEDAL. SO TO LOSE THAT WOULD BE DEVASTATING. >> Reporter: IN COURT DOCUMENTS, THE LENDER SAYS THAT IT HAS LOST FAITH IN SENIOR MANAGEMENT WHO FAILED TO PAY $7 MILLION IN TAXES. SALTWIRE POINTS TO THE UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES FACING
THE MEDIA INDUSTRY AND SAYS THAT IT IS FILING FOR CREDITOR PROTECTION TO ENSURE THE COMPANY’S FUTURE. >> AS MUCH AS A UNION EMPLOYER DYNAMIC AND YOU CAN BE ADVERSARIAL, WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME SIDE TRYING TO KEEP THE BUSINESS GOING, KEEP OUR JOBS. >> Reporter: SALTWIRE HAS 400 EMPLOYEES AND ANOTHER 800
CONTRACTORS WHO DELIVER THE PAPERS. >> WHEN I OPEN THAT UP, I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ALL OVER TOWN AND ALL OVER THE PROVINCE PROBABLY, ARE READING THE SAME PAPER, THE SAME ARTICLES. AND THAT GIVES ME A SENSE OF COMMUNITY. >> Reporter: FOR NOW THE COMPANY SAYS WHETHER TO MAILBOXES OR
INBOXES, THE PAPERS WILL STILL ARRIVE. KAYLA HOUNSELL, CBC NEWS, HALIFAX. >> Asha: A CANADIAN CURLING CHAMPION SAYS THAT SHE’S FIGHTING TO CLEAR HER NAME AFTER FAILING A DOPING TEST. THE WORLD CURLING FEDERATION PRO VISIONALLY SUSPENDED 32-YEAR-OLD BRIANE HARRIS AFTER SHE TESTED POSITIVE EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR LIGANDROL.
HARRIS TOLD CBC NEWS THAT SHE IS SHOCKED AND DEVASTATED AND IS APPEALING THE DECISION TO THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT. HARRIS’ TEAM BELIEVES THAT SHE WAS UNKNOWINGLY EXPOSED TO THE SUBSTANCE THROUGH BODILY CONTACT. >> IT’S ONLY MARCH BUT STILL PROVINCES ARE PREPARING FOR FIRE SEASON. IT ALREADY STARTED OUT WEST,
WHERE DOZENS OF FIRES ARE BURNING IN B.C. AND ALBERTA. ALISON NORTHCOTT IS IN QUÉBEC WHERE MEMORIES OF LAST YEAR’S RECORD-BREAKING SEASON ARE STILL FRESH. >> Reporter: WHEN WILDFIRES SURROUNDED THE CREE FIRST NATION LAST SUMMER, RESIDENT HIS TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES TWICE. >> IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE
HAD TO EVACUATE FOR A FOREST FIRE IN MANY, MANY YEARS. >> Reporter: NOW AFTER A TRYER THAN EXPECTED WINTER IN QUÉBEC, THE COMMUNITY IS PREPARING IN CASE THAT HAPPENS AGAIN. >> WE KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT’S THE SAD THING — WE DO KNOW WHAT TO DO.
WE DO KNOW HOW TO EVACUATE THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY. >> Reporter: LAST YEAR, CANADA’S WILDFIRE SEASON HAD THE LARGEST AND MOST INTENSE FIRES YET. >> RECORD-BREAKING IS ALMOST NOT ENOUGH, IT REALLY SHATTERED PAST RECORDS. SO WE LEARNED A LOT. >> Reporter: AND FIRE PREVENTION AGENCIES ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
WHAT THIS YEAR COULD BRING. IN ALBERTA AND B.C., SOME FIRES FROM LAST YEAR WERE NEVER FULLY EXTINGUISHED AND THERE ARE ALREADY NEW ONES BURNING. >> WE DIDN’T HAVE THE PRECIPITATION THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY SEE OVER THE WINTER, SO WE’RE ALREADY AT A HUNDRED TIMES THE AMOUNT OF AREA BURNED THIS
YEAR THAN WE WOULD NORMALLY SEE. >> Reporter: ALBERTA IS BRINGING IN FIREFIGHTING STAFF EARLY. QUÉBEC IS TOO. ITS FIRE PREVENTION AGENCY ISSUED A FIRE RISK FOR SOUTHERN QUÉBEC LAST WEEK, EARLIER THAN EVER BEFORE, AND ITS QUICKLY DISAPPEARING SNOW. >> A FEW HOURS OF SUNSHINE AND IF YOU ADD SOME WINDS TO IT, AND
IT JUST DRIES VERY QUICKLY. SO IT’S GOING TO BECOME VERY, VERY DESTRUCTIVE. >> Reporter:HE SAYS THAT FIRE RISK OVER THE COMING MONTHS DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH PRECIPITATION THERE IS THIS SPRING. BUT ALBERTA WILDFIRE SAYS THAT EVEN IF THEY GET RAIN IT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO HELP MUCH.
>> WE WILL STILL BE IN HIGH, OR VERY HIGH OR EXTREME WILDFIRE DANGER IN PART OF THE PROVINCE. >> Reporter: FIRE PREVENTION AGENCIES ARE WATCHING THE WEATHER CLOSELY. EXPERTS SAY THAT CLIMATE CHANGE HAS INCREASED THE WILDFIRE RISKS AROUND THE WORLD AND THAT CANADA IS NO EXCEPTION. ALISON NORTHCOTT, CBC NEWS, MONTRÉAL.
>> Asha: SCIENTISTS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA ARE FEELING OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE REBOUND OF A SMALL FISH IN COASTAL WATERS. >> WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASING TREND OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS OR SO. >> Asha:WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE HEALTH OF FISHERIES AND SOME ENDANGERED SPECIES NEXT. >>> PLUS, TURBULENT TIMES FOR
BOEING ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF ITS DEADLY CRASH. >> WHEN THE DOOR BLEW OFF THE ALASKA FLIGHT, ONCE AGAIN THE DOORS BLEW OFF BOEING. >> Asha: THE SAFETY CONCERNS THAT CONTINUE FIVE YEARS ON. >>> AND LATER, THE HOOP DREAMS OF A B.C. GRANDMA. >> LISTEN UP, EVERYONE, IT IS YOUR FAVOURITE GR STAGE.E.
>> CBC NEWS “THE NATIONAL.” >> THERE WAS A WHITE PICKUP — >> LIVE AND ON DEMAND. >> Asha: STREETS TURNED TO RIVERS IN PORTS OF BUENOS AIRES. AS INTENSE STORMS CAUSED FLASH FLOODS. IN SOME AREAS THE RESIDENTS WADED THROUGH WAIST HIGH WATER PUSHING SUBMERGED CARS TO HIGHER GROUND.
MORE HEAVY RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. >>> OFF B.C.’S COAST, THERE ARE SIGNS THAT EFFORTS TO PROTECT A CRUCIAL FISH POPULATION MAY BE WORKING. HERRING STOCKS APPEAR TO BE REBOUNDING IN SOME AREAS. AS YVETTE BREND SHOWS US, THE UPWARD TREND IS GIVING HOPE TO FISHERS AND SCIENTISTS.
>> Reporter: TAYLOR FORBES WRESTLES A HOSE AND FILLS TUBS WITH ICE TO PACK WITH FISH. IN HIS SIX DECADES OF FISHING, FORBES’ GRANDFATHER HAS WATCHED THE HERRING DWINDLE, DUE TO OVERFISHING AND POLLUTION AND HABITAT CHANGES. >> AS LONG AS YOU ARE READY, YOU LET MOTHER NATURE DECIDE. >> Reporter: EACH SPRING HERRING
TURN THE COASTAL WATERS BRIGHT TURQUOISE WITH THEIR SPERM. MOST FISHERIES HAVE BEEN CLOSED SINCE 2021 IN AN EFFORT TO PROTECT WILD SALMON, WHICH RELY ON HERRING FOR FOOD. THIS YEAR THE NUMBERS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. AND THEY’VE EVEN SHOWN UP EARLY IN SOME AREAS THANKS TO EL NINO. BIOLOGISTS ARE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC.
>> OVERALL IT’S A BIT OF A MIX, BUT GENERALLY IF YOU LOOK AT STOCKS AS A WHOLE, WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASING TREND OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS. >> Reporter: SCIENTISTS ARE EXAMINING WHAT EXACTLY HAS HELPED THE SPECIES. >> IT IS EARLY DAYS FOR THIS KIND OF WORK, BUT I HAVE TO SAY
THAT THE INDICATIONS ARE EXTRAORDINARY, BECAUSE IT MEANS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU’VE GOT HERRING, YOU’VE GOT EVERYTHING. >> Reporter: HERRING FEEDS SALMON, FISH THAT IN TURN FEED B.C.’S ENDANGERED ORCAS. THE FISH IS ALSO PART OF THE INDIGENOUS TRADITIONS AND FISHERIES. >> WELL, IT DEFINITELY OFFERS HOPE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEEN THOUGH IN
OUR TERRITORY IT HAS SEEN DECREASES. >> Reporter: BUT NOT EVERY PROVINCIAL COASTLINE CAN EXPECT A REBOUND. FOR THIS FIRST NATION, STOCKS ARE EXPECTED TO DECLINE THIS SPRING. >> WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE RETURNS AND, YOU KNOW, IN GREAT ABUNDANCE. >> Reporter: THE HOPE IS THAT
ONE DAY ALL COASTS WILL SEE A ROBUST SPAWN. >> AND IT’S BIGGER THAN NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. >> Reporter: HIS NETS ARE READY IN THE HOPE THAT NATURE OFFERS AN ABUNDANT HAUL. YVETTE BREND, CBC NEWS, VANCOUVER. >> Asha: AS COMMUNITIES LOOK TO REDUCE EMISSIONS, SOME ARE FINDING WAYS TO CAPTURE AND
REUSE SOURCES OF ENERGY. >> HOW CAN WE HARNESS THAT AND BRING IT HERE? IT’S SILLY TO BE DISSIPATING INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. >> Asha: HOW INDUSTRIAL WASTE IS BEING USED TO HEAT BUILDINGS. >>> PLUS, FIVE YEARS AFTER TWO DEADLY CRASHES, BOEING IS STILL UNDER SCRUTINY. >> PEOPLE ARE ASKING, YOU KNOW, HAS BOEING FIXED ITSELF? AND THE ANSWER IS PROBABLY NO. >> Asha: SUSAN ORMISTON LOOKS AT WHAT HAS CHANGED, WHAT HASN’T, AND THE ONGOING FIGHT FOR JUSTICE. >> 346 PEOPLE DIED, AND NO ONE
HAS BEEN HELD TO ACCOUNT. >> Asha: “THE NATIONAL” BREAKS DOWN THE STORIES SHAPING OUR WORLD NEXT. ♪ ALL BY MYSELF ♪ >> Asha: THAT’S “ALL BY MYSELF” BY CLEVELAND BORN MUSICIAN ERIC CARMEN. HE DIED OVER THE WEEKEND AT THE AGE OF 74. THAT BELOVED BALLAD COVERED BY COUNTLESS ARTISTS LIKE CÉLINE DION. ♪ PLEASE GO AWAY ♪ >> Asha:CARMEN FRONTED THE 1970s POWER POP GROUP THE
RASPBERRIES BEFORE GOING SOLO — >> ♪ HUNGRY EYES ONE LOOK AT YOU AND I CAN’T DISGUISE ♪ >> Asha: HE HAD THREE TOP 10 HITS INCLUDING “HUNGRY EYES” FROM THE “DIRTY DANCING” SOUNDTRACK. IN A STATEMENT, HIS WIFE SAID THAT IT BROUGHT HIM GREAT JOY TO KNOW THAT HIS MUSIC TOUCHED SO MANY PEOPLE.
>>> IN THE OTTAWA AREA, THERE’S A CREATIVE NEW SOLUTION TO CUT EMISSIONS. REUSING WASTEWATER FROM A PAPER PLANT TO HEAT HOMES. EMILY CHUNG SHOWS US HOW IT WORKS. >> Reporter: WINTERS ARE COLD IN OUR NATIONAL CAPITAL, AND FOR ONE DEVELOPER THE STEAM FROM THIS PLANT IS PRECIOUS HEAT BEING THROWN AWAY.
>> HOW CAN WE HARNESS THAT AND BRING IT HERE? IT’S SILLY TO DISSIPATE THAT INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AND BURNING GAS TO MAKE HEAT. >> Reporter: THE PLANT BURNS NATURAL GAS TO HEAT WATER TO MAKE PAPER FOR TISSUES AND PAPER TOWELS. >> WE ARE CONSTANTLY SEEKING OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE OUR ENERGY CONSUMPTION
AND REUSE THE ENERGY FROM OUR PROCESS. SO WHEN THEY KNOCKED ON OUR DOOR, THIS WAS PERFECTLY IN LINE. >> Reporter: JUST BEHIND HIM IS THE TANK WHERE IT ALL BEGINS. HEAT FROM THE WASTEWATER IS EXTRACTED IN THE SHED AND THEN — >> WE COLLECT IT AND WE BRING IT
BACK HERE TO THE PLANT AND REDISTRIBUTE IT TO THE BUILDING, THAT IT IS CAPABLE OF DELIVERING ENOUGH HEAT FOR FOUR MILLION SQUARE FEET. >> Reporter: IT’S ALL NEARBY, HOT WATER FROM KRUEGER GOES TO ZIBI AND PIPED TO NEARBY BUILDINGS IN OTTAWA AND GATINEAU, INCLUDING THIS APARTMENT. >> THE SYSTEM IS VERY RESPONSIVE
AND VERY QUIET. AND IN TERMS OF THE COST — I’M PAYING ABOUT THE SAME COST FOR HEATING AND COOLING THAN I WAS PAYING FOR AT MY OLD APARTMENT. >> Reporter: HE LOVES THE IDEA OF USING WASTE HEAT AND ALSO BECAUSE IT’S USING LOCAL RESOURCES. >> THERE’S ALL KINDS OF ENERGY
AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY. THERE’S WASTE HEAT FROM INDUSTRY, AND HEAT COMING OFF OF DATA CENTRES, THERE IS EVEN WARM WATER IN OUR SEWAGE. >> SEWAGE IS A PLENTIFUL THING TO TAP INTO. AND UNDERGROUND HERE, ONE COMPANY WANTS TO HEAT AN ENTIRE HOSPITAL WITH IT. >> WE’RE TAPPING INTO THE SEWER
AND WE’RE GOING TO TURN ON THESE HEAT PUMPS AND THIS WILL SAVE THE HOSPITAL MONEY. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE IT PROJECTED AT ABOUT $685,000 A YEAR. >> Reporter: BACK IN GATINEAU, ZIBI HAS PLANS TO EXPAND. AND AS COMMUNITIES LOOK FOR WAYS TO DECARBONIZE BUILDINGS AND FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE, MORE ARE WARMING
UP TO THE IDEA OF USING WHAT THEY NORMALLY WOULD WASTE. EMILY CHUNG, CBC NEWS, TORONTO. >> Asha: NOW IT’S TIME TO DIG DEEPER INTO THE STORIES SHAPING OUR WORLD. AVIATION GIANT BOEING SUFFERS HIT AFTER HIT WITH SAFETY RECORDS. >> WHEN THE DOOR BLEW OFF THE ALASKA FLIGHT, ONCE AGAIN THE DOORS BLEW OFF BOEING. >> Asha: IT’S BEEN FIVE YEARS SINCE THE CRASH IN ETHIOPIA KILLED EVERYONE ONBOARD. >> IT’S LIKE THIS ALL OVER THE WORLD, THE ENTIRE FLEET IS GROUNDED.
>> Asha: WE TRACED THE COMPANY’S LONG STRUGGLE TO SALVAGE ITS REPUTATION. >> WE ARE SORRY. >> Asha: THIS IS “THE BREAKDOWN.” NOW SUSAN ORMISTON GUIDES US THROUGH BOEING’S BUMPY RIDE AND ASKS THE QUESTION — AFTER FIVE YEARS, IS FLYING THOSE PLANES ANY SAFER? >> Reporter: FOR BOEING, THE NEW
YEAR BEGAN WITH A BLOW OUT. >> I HEAR THIS BOOM. AND I LOOKED AT MY LEFT AND PART OF THE PLANE IS GONE. >> Reporter: AT 16,000 FEET, A DOOR PANEL ON ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT 1282 DISAPPEAR, LEAVING A GAPING HOLE. [INDISCERNIBLE] >> LOOKING AT THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS’ FACES IT WAS CLEAR
TO ME THAT THIS WASN’T GOING TO GO WELL. >> Reporter: THE 737 MAX-9 DEPRESSURIZED, OXYGEN MASKS DROPPED AND PASSENGERS FEARED THE WORST. >> YES, WE ARE AN EMERGENCY AND WE ARE DEPRESSURIZED AND WE NEED TO RETURN BACK, WE HAVE 177 PASSENGERS. >> SO I QUICKLY REALISED THAT I NEED TO PIVOT AND START
MESSAGING PEOPLE TO SAY GOODBYE. >> Reporter: NO ONE WAS SITTING NEXT TO THE PANEL BUT A YOUNG MAN TWO SEATS OVER HAD HIS THIRD — HIS SHIRT SUCKED OUT OF THE OPENING. >> THE DOOR BLOWS OPEN AND THE PILOTS SAID THAT THEIR HEADSETS WERE RIPPED OFF. AND THIS PLANE COULD GET BLOWN
OUT OF THE DOOR AND THE COCKPIT IS FILLED WITH NOISE AND THERE’S ALL KINDS OF DEBRIS BLOWING OUT OF THE COCKPIT. >> MY EYES ARE GLUED TO THAT OPENING AND WONDERING WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT. I WASN’T PREPARED TO DIE ON THIS FLIGHT. >> [INDISCERNIBLE] >> Reporter: THE PLANE LANDED.
NO ONE WAS CRITICALLY HURT. BUT FOR BOEING ITS REPUTATION WAS QUESTIONED ONCE AGAIN FIVE YEARS AFTER ITS WORST CRISIS EVER. WE WERE ON THE SCENE BACK THEN. FIVE YEARS AGO WE WENT TO ETHIOPIA WHERE THE PLANE DOVE INTO THE GROUND AND AMONG THE VICTIMS, 18 CANADIANS. IN THE AFTERMATH, BOEING
PROMISED TO CHANGE THE CORPORATE CULTURE, TO FIX THE PLANES AND TO RESTORE TRUST. BUT HAS IT? FIVE YEARS LATER, IS BOEING ANY SAFER? HERE WE ARE, A FAMILIAR PLACE FOR YOU. >> JUST A LITTLE BIT. >> Reporter: SHE FLIES BOEING 737s FOR AMERICAN AIRLINES. >> SWITCH ON. >> Reporter: IN A SIMULATOR,
HE SHOWS US HOW THE ALASKAN AIRLINES PILOTS MAY HAVE REACTED. >> YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, DID SOMEONE HAVE A BOMB BACK THERE? DID THE PIECE THAT BLEW OFF THE AIRPLANE HIT ANOTHER PART OF THE AIRPLANE? THIS IS HAPPENING IN SECONDS. >> Reporter: HAD THE PLANE BEEN HIGHER AT CRUISING ALTITUDE, THE
SITUATION WOULD HAVE BEEN FAR WORSE. >> THAT DOOR BLOWS OPEN AND WE’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SHIRTS JUST BEING RIPPED OFF NEAR THE DOOR — IT’S A MASSIVE SUCTION THAT COMES OUT OF THE AIRPLANE. AND WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD HAVE GOTTEN SUCKED OUT OF THAT AIRPLANE, INCLUDING PEOPLE. WHEN THE DOOR BLEW OFF THE
ALASKA FLIGHT, ONCE AGAIN THE DOORS BLEW OFF BOEING. HOW IN THE WORLD COULD THIS HAPPEN? >> Reporter: WE HAVE THE SAME QUESTION. AFTER COVERING THE TWO MAX-8 CRASHES FIVE YEARS AGO. IN 2018, IT WAS THE LION AIR FLIGHT THAT DOVE INTO THE SEA, JUST FIVE MONTHS LATER THE ETHIOPIAN AIRLINE FLIGHT PLUNGED INTO THE GROUND. TWO CATASTROPHIC CRASHES, BOTH 737 MAX-8 AIRCRAFTS KILLED 346 PEOPLE.
EVER SINCE, THE U.S. FEDERAL AVIATION AUTHORITY HAS BEEN MONITORING THE 737 MAX PRODUCTION. A COLOSSAL MONEY MAKER FOR BOEING, MAX AIRCRAFT FLOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD. IN FEBRUARY, THE FAA PUBLISHED A SCATHING REPORT ON BOEING’S SAFETY CULTURE, EVEN BEFORE THE ALASKA AIRLINES BLOWOUT. >> THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 5TH
REALLY CREATED TWO ISSUES FOR US — ONE IS WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS AIRPLANE? BUT, TWO, WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE PRODUCTION AT BOEING? >> Reporter: THE FAA SAYS THAT INSPECTORS WERE SENT ON THE BOEING ASSEMBLY LINE AND ORDERED IT TO SLOW DOWN THE PRODUCTION OF NEW 737 MAX PLANES.
WHILE INVESTIGATORS PIECED TOGETHER HOW A DOOR PANEL COULD DROP FROM THE SKY. HOW FOUR BOLTS WERE MISSING ON THE DOOR. AND HOW THE 737 MAX-9 FLEW FOR TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE PANEL RIPPED OFF. PASSENGERS HAVE ALREADY LAUNCHED LAWSUITS. AS BOEING’S C.E.O. TRIES TO BLUNT CRITICISM. >> WE FEEL THAT THEY ARE SAFE AIRPLANES.
OUR PEOPLE DO HAVE THE CONFIDENCE IN THE SAFETY OF OUR AIRPLANES AND THAT’S ALL THIS IS ABOUT. WE TRULY UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY. >> Reporter: WHEN YOU HEARD ABOUT THE ALASKA AIRLINES PROBLEM, WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST THOUGHT? >> SHOCK. AND TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN ON A BRAND-NEW AIRPLANE, 10 WEEKS
OLD, WAS A SHOCK TO ME. >> Reporter: WE ASKED JOHN GRADAK, AN AVIATION MANAGEMENT PROFESSOR AT McGILL UNIVERSITY ABOUT BOEING’S NEWEST CRISIS. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY WAS THE REPUTATIONAL DAMAGE FOR BOEING AND THE MAX AIRCRAFT? >> IT IS A HUGE BLOW TO BOEING. BOEING HAS A MINDSET OF OPERATIONAL AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE.
THAT THEY ARE VERY MUCH FOCUSED TODAY ON RETURN TO THEIR SHAREHOLDERS. THEY’RE FOCUSED ON THE ECONOMICS OF BUILDING AN AIRPLANE, THE LATEST ALASKA AIRLINES INCIDENT STILL HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING, YOU KNOW, HAS BOEING FIXED ITSELF? AND THE ANSWER IS PROBABLY NO. >> WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO HOLD ONE.
>> Reporter: FOR THE FAMILIES WHO LOST LOVED ONES IN THOSE CATASTROPHIC CRASHES YEARS AGO, THE LATEST PROBLEMS WITH BOEING HAVE ONLY TRIGGERED NEW EMOTION. >> I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE DAY THAT MY WIFE HAD RECEIVED THE CALL AND SHE SCREAMED OUT DANIELLE IS DEAD. >> Reporter: COMING UP, HOW A
BLOWOUT AT 16,000 FEET AND THOSE FOUR MISSING BOLTS HAVE REKINDLED THEIR FIGHT FOR JUSTICE. >> Asha: ADDING UP THE HUMAN COST OF BOEING’S SAFETY FAILURES. >> 346 PEOPLE DIED AND FOE ONE HAS BEEN HELD TO ACCOUNT. >> Asha: THERE’S BEEN LAWSUITS AND HEAVY SCRUTINY BY REGULATORS. >> WOULD I GET ON A MAX AIRPLANE TODAY? >> Asha: WE ASKED WHAT HAS REALLY CHANGED. ONCE AGAIN HERE’S SUSAN ORMISTON
TO GET THE ANSWERS AND TO ADD UP THE PRICE BOEING HAS PAID. >> Reporter: EVER SINCE BOEING’S TWO CATASTROPHIC CRASHES, THE AIRLINE GIANT HAS BEEN UNDER INTENSE SCRUTINY. WITH A LOT TO FIX — NOT THE LEAST OF ALL ITS REPUTATION. >> SO THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS. >> Reporter: ETHIOPIAN AIR
FLIGHT 302 TOOK OFF ON MARCH 10, 2019 AND CRASHED SIX MINUTES LATER. AMONG THE CANADIAN PASSENGERS HEADED TO KENYA WAS PAUL NJOROGE’S FAMILY, HIS WIFE, HIS KIDS AND HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW. ALL DIED. >> I BOOKED A FLIGHT. THEY IN HAVE CRIED OUT THERE, DADDY. IT’S SO HARD. >> Reporter: THE PILOT HAD
STRUGGLED TO CONTROL THE PLANE, WHICH CLIMBED AND PITCHED UNDER A NEW SOFTWARE SYSTEM CALLED MCAS BEFORE DIVING INTO THE GROUND. ULTIMATELY THE MAX-8 AIRCRAFT WERE GROUNDED FOR WELL OVER A YEAR. IT’S LIKE THIS ALL OVER THE WORLD, THE ENTIRE FLEET IS GROUNDED… CHRIS MOORE’S DAUGHTER, DANIELLE, DIED ON THAT ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES FLIGHT.
SHE WAS 24 YEARS OLD, FROM SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO. HEADED TO KENYA FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE. [♪ SINGING ♪] ♪ CRADLE ME AND I’LL CRADLE YOU IN YOUR HEART ♪ >> YOU KNOW, WE LOST A BEAUTIFUL PERSON FIVE YEARS AGO. >> Reporter: HIS GRIEF AND ANGER WAS TRIGGERED AGAIN WITH THE ALASKA AIRLINES BLOWOUT.
>> I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE DAY THAT MY WIFE HAD RECEIVED THE CALL AND SHE SCREAMED OUT, DANIELLE IS DEAD. >> Reporter: FIVE YEARS AGO, WE SPOKE WITH CHRIS AND HIS WIFE CLARISS AFTER DANIELLE DIED. >> SO, GOOD MORNING — OR GOOD NIGHT. IT’S ALWAYS A STRUGGLE.
AND AS CHRIS SAID, IT’S OUR NEW NORM — I DON’T LIKE THE NEW NORM. I WANT MY OLD NORM. YEAH. >> Reporter: SINCE THEN ALMOST DAILY CHRIS IS RESEARCHING BOEING AND AVIATION SAFETY. >> THIS IS PART OF MY NEW LIFE NOW. THIS TRAGEDY, THIS GRIEF. AND I NEED TO ENGAGE MYSELF IN
BRINGING ABOUT SOME JUSTICE. AND ENSURING THAT THE AVIATION INDUSTRY CAN TAKE A MORE POSITIVE APPROACH IN TREATING PEOPLE WITH DIGNITY AND ENSURING THEIR SAFETY. THE INDIVIDUALS, THE FLYERS, HAVE BEEN IGNORED THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS. IT’S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY. >> Reporter: FROM 2019 TO NOW — HE’S BEEN PURSUING JUSTICE FOR
HIS DAUGHTER’S DEATH. PART OF A GROUP OF FAMILIES THAT HAS DOGGED BOEING IN COURT AND ON CAPITOL HILL IN WASHINGTON. HE AND CLARISS WATCHED AS BOEING’S FORMER C.E.O. TESTIFIED BEFORE A CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE, PROMISING TO IMPROVE SAFETY THEN. >> ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE BOEING COMPANY, WE ARE SORRY, DEEPLY AND TRULY SORRY.
>> Reporter: COLD COMFORT FOR THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST SO MUCH. BOEING FINALLY ADMITTED THAT IT INSTALLED THE MCAS CONTROL SYSTEM ON THE MAX-8 WITHOUT TRAINING PILOTS AND WITHOUT REVEALING IT TO THEM OR THE FAA, THE FEDERAL AVIATION AUTHORITY. AT THE TIME THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SAID THAT BOEING’S
EMPLOYEES CHOSE THE PATH OF PROFIT OVER CANDOUR, BY CONCEALING THE MATERIAL INFORMATION FROM THE F.A.A. IN 2021, BOEING AGREED TO PAY A $2.5 BILLION DOLLAR FRAUD SETTLEMENT. WITH $500 MILLION GOING TO THE FAMILIES. BOEING AVOIDED A CRIMINAL CHARGE BY STRIKING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO DEFER PROSECUTION IF THEY HAD
SAFETY COMPLIANCE FOR THREE YEARS. THE DOOR PLUG ON ALASKA AIRLINES BLEW OUT TWO DAYS BEFORE THAT AGREEMENT EXPIRED. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT NOW MUST DECIDE IN LIGHT OF THE ALASKA AIRLINE INCIDENT WHAT IT WILL DO. NINE FAMILIES ARE STILL PRESSING FOR CRIMINAL CHARGES. THEY MEET VIRTUALLY NEARLY EVERY WEEK.
>> NOBODY IS HAPPY WITH THE WAY THAT BOEING HAS BEEN HANDLED WITH KID GLOVES THROUGHOUT THIS TRAGEDY. WE ARE STILL REELING FROM GRIEF, DEEP GRIEF, FROM THAT CRASH. >> Reporter: BOEING DID AGREE TO PAY MONEY TO THE FAMILIES AND TO OTHER ENTITIES. WHY ISN’T THAT ENOUGH?
>> MONEY IS THE LAST THING ON MY MIND IN TERMS OF JUSTICE. JUSTICE IS ABOUT HOLDING SOMEBODY ACCOUNTABLE. 346 PEOPLE DIED AND NO ONE HAS BEEN HELD TO ACCOUNT. >> WE THE BOEING COMPANY ARE UNDER A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SCRUTINY — >> Reporter: FOLLOWING THE ALASKA AIFERLS BLOW OUT, BOEING
TOOK A DAY LONG BREAK TO FOCUS ON QUALITY. >> THE MOST POWERFUL TOOL THAT WE HAVE IS OUR PEOPLE. >> Reporter: A MONTH LATER, ED CLARK, THE 737 EXECUTIVE, WAS OUSTED FROM BOEING. BUT THE DAMAGE TO THE COMPANY IS ADDING UP, SAYS THE PILOT WHO ALSO SPEAKS ON BEHALF OF THE
AMERICAN AIRLINES PILOTS’ UNION. >> YEAH, WE’VE GOT A PROBLEM HERE. WHEN BOEING MANAGEMENT TAKES AN AMAZING COMPANY, WHICH WAS BUILT ON ENGINEERING, AND A MORAL AND PRINCIPLED OBLIGATION TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE NO MATTER WHAT WAS REPLACED BY MANAGERS WHO WERE STUDYING THE SPREADSHEET — BAD THINGS HAPPEN. >> Reporter: YOU STILL FLY BOEING?
>> I DO. >> Reporter: YOU FLY THE MAX? >> I DO. I JUST FLEW IT LAST WEEK. >> Reporter: NO CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY? >> WHEN I FLY THE MAX, MY ALERT STATUS IS ON HIGH. IT JUST IS. >> WOULD I GET ON A MAX AIRPLANE TODAY? THE ANSWER IS, YES, I WOULD GET
ON A MAX AIRPLANE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT’S GONE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, IT’S GONE THROUGH THE MICROSCOPE. >> Reporter: BUT IT HAS COST DEEPLY, 346 LIVES LOST AND BOEING NOW UNDER NEW SCRUTINY. CHRIS, DO YOU THINK THAT BOEING IS ANY SAFER TODAY THAN FIVE YEARS AGO? >> I THINK THAT THEY’RE SLIGHTLY
SAFER BECAUSE ONLY — ONLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LOOKING OVER THEIR SHOULDER. >> Reporter: DO YOU STILL FLY? >> NO, DON’T FLY AT ALL. >> Reporter: NOT AT ALL? >> NO, I HAVE — I HAVE BASICALLY TAKEN MYSELF OUT OF THAT. I WILL NOT SUPPORT THE INDUSTRY THAT WAY.
>> HEY, PUMPKIN. >> Reporter: THE MEMORIES OF DANIELLE TOO FRESH. HE REFUSES TO BACK DOWN. HE SIMPLY HAS LOST TOO MUCH. >> Asha: SO, SUSAN, WHAT IS NEXT FOR THE BOEING AND THE MAX AIRPLANES? >> Reporter: WELL, BOEING HAS FEWER THAN 90 DAYS TO CONVINCE THE F.A.A. THEY CAN DEAL WITH
THESE QUALITY CONTROL ISSUES. BUT IT IS PROVING TO BE A HUGE CHALLENGE. AS YOU HEARD EARLIER, BOEING FAILED THIS AUDIT BY THE F.A.A. AFTER THE ALASKA AIRLINES INCIDENT. IT FAILED NEARLY A THIRD OF THE SAFETY AUDITS. AND THERE’S ALSO A BIG BUG IN THE DELIVERY SCHEDULE AND THEY
ARE TRYING TO GET A NEW GENERATION CERTIFIED, THAT IS THE MAX-10. AND WESTJET HAS ORDERED NEARLY TWO DOZEN, BUT BECAUSE OF THE FORCED SLOWDOWN, THOSE DELIVERIES LIKELY WON’T COME IN ON TIME. AND OUR BUSINESS AVIATION EXPERTS SAID THAT THOSE COSTS WILL BE PASSED ONTO THE CONSUMER WHEN OLDER AIRCRAFTS, MORE INEFFICIENT, FLY LONGER.
SO THERE’S A RIPPLE DOWN EFFECT. AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THIS HAS COST BOEING ITS COMPETITIVE EDGE AGAINST THE OTHER GIANT AIRBUS. AND THEY’RE LOOKING AT BILLIONS MORE DOLLARS LOST IN BUSINESS AND ALSO FACING LAWSUITS. >> Asha:A LOT OF MONEY IS ON THE LINE, STAKES ARE HIGH.
CAN YOU BRING US UP TO SPEED THOUGH ON THE CRASH SITE IN ETHIOPIA THAT YOU REPORTED ON FIVE YEARS AGO? >> Reporter: YEAH, IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE, FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY. NOTHING MUCH HAS HAPPENED TO THAT SITE, BUT THE FAMILIES WANT A PERMANENT MEMORIAL THERE ON THE AFRICAN PLAIN.
PAUL NJOROGE WHO YOU SAW BRIEFLY IN OUR STORY WHO LOST HIS ENTIRE FAMILY IN THAT CRASH, HE’S THERE THIS WEEK TRYING TO PUSH THAT FORWARD. IT COULD HAPPEN THIS WEEK, BUT AS YOU SAW, THERE’S A HUGE LASTING IMPACT. YOU SAW CHRIS AND HIS DAUGHTER’S GRAVESITE. HE’S DETERMINED TO PUSH ON.
AND EVERY TIME THAT THERE’S A TRAGEDY OR A SCARE LIKE THIS, IT MAKES MORE PEOPLE WONDER IF BOEING CAN GET A HANDLE ON THESE QUALITY CONTROL ISSUES. AND, IF SO, WHEN? >> Asha: THAT IS FOR SURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> ANOTHER STORY THAT WE’RE WORKING ON THIS WEEK IS OUT OF
CALIFORNIA, WHERE A DRIED UP LAKESIDE RESORT IS GETTING NEW LIFE. THANKS TO A VALUABLE DISCOVERY. >> I’M NEAR THE SALTON SEA, THE LARGEST LAKE IN CALIFORNIA IS DRYING UP. >> IN AREA YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE’S NO RAIN. IT WAS DRY A COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK. >> IT HAS TURNED OVER THE YEARS
INTO A TOXIC NIGHTMARE BUT A NEW GOLD RUSH COULD SOON CHANGE ALL OF THAT. A GREEN ONE — THANKS TO THE LARGE RESERVES OF LITHIUM DEEP BENEATH OUR FEET. >> THAT’S ENOUGH LITHIUM TO MANUFACTURE ABOUT HALF A MILLION ELECTRIC VEHICLES PER YEAR. >> I THINK THAT IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT COULD
POTENTIALLY MAKE THE U.S. COMPLETELY SELF-SUFFICIENT. >> IS THE COMMUNITY SET TO WIN? NO, WE’RE NOT. >> Asha: AND YOU’LL SEE THAT FULL STORY RIGHT HERE ON “THE NATIONAL” IN THE COMING DAYS. >>> NEXT, A GRANDMOTHER FROM B.C. WHOSE TRYING TO MAKE IT TO THE WNBA. >> IT TOOK ME A FEW SHOTS TO FIND THE RANGE BUT ONCE I DID IT, IT WAS STRAIGHT CASH MONEY. >> Asha: HER GO-GETTER SPIRIT IN OUR “MOMENT.” >> Asha: THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU DON’T SEE OFTEN, RIGHT? 84-YEAR-OLD SHIRLEY SIMPSON HAS HER GAME FACE ON AS SHE PREPARES TO TAKE A SHOT. SHE’S BEEN WORKING HARD TO FULFILL HER DREAM OF BECOMING A WNBA CHAMPION. TONIGHT THE AMBITIOUS B-BALL GRANNY IS OUR “MOMENT.” >> IT TOOK ME A FEW SHOTS TO
FIND MY RANGE BUT ONCE I DID IT IT WAS STRAIGHT CASH MONEY. >> AND HE BROUGHT HIS GRANDMA TO THE GYM AND STARTED TRAINING HER TO PLAY IN THE WNBA. >> WNBA, WE’RE COMING. MY DREAM IS TO GET TO THE GAME, AND TO BE ABLE TO SHAKE THEIR HAND.
ANYONE HATING ON THE GRANNY, TRYING TO MAKE HER DREAMS COME TRUE. MUST NOT BE TOO BAD. >> SHE HAD NOT PLAYED ORGANIZED BASKETBALL HERSELF IN ABOUT 60 YEARS, BUT WATCHING US PLAY GOT HER INTO WATCHING IT HERSELF. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE SERIES SHE COULDN’T REALLY DRIBBLE THE BALL, AND SHOOTING WAS REALLY
TOUGH, BUT SHE HONESTLY PICKED IT UP PRETTY QUICKLY. >> ALL OF THOSE OUT THERE, CHILL OUT, I KNOW THAT IT’S PRETTY MUCH OF A CARRY. THIS IS THE HARDEST WORKOUT THAT I HAVE EVER DONE IN MY LIFE. >> I JUST THINK THAT YOU GET TO BE 84, AND YOUR LIFE IS ALMOST OVER.
AND SITTING AROUND AND WAITING TO DIE, YOU MIGHT AS WELL LIVE. >> Asha: I LOVE THAT. AND MY NIECE AND NEPHEW PLAY COLLEGE BALL AND MASTERING THOSE SKILLS IS NOT EASY AT ANY AGE. BUT THERE’S A LOT OF BUZZ ABOUT THAT WNBA TEAM HERE IN TORONTO. IF ALL GOES WELL, SHIRLEY, YOU
COULD HAVE ABOUT A YEAR TO PRACTISE AND THEN YOU MIGHT JUST MAKE THE TEAM. YOU’RE AN INSPIRATION TO SO MANY. THAT WAS AWESOME. >>> FOR ALL OF US HERE AT “THE NATIONAL,” THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. YOU CAN WATCH ANYWHERE, ANY TIME ON THE FREE CBC NEWS APP AND
SUBSCRIBE TO “THE NATIONAL’S” YouTube CHANNEL. I’M ASHA TOMLINSON. TAKE CARE.
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