
FAA will bring "significant change" in its oversight approach
The Federal Aviation Administration said it will change its oversight approach
The Federal Aviation Administration, responsible for air traffic safety in the United States, has said it will significantly change its oversight approach to air safety, after two fatal crashes involving Boeing Co 737 MAX passenger jets. Richard Aboulafia is an aviation analyst and tell us where the FAA was going wrong and how it can look to reform. Also in the show, prosecutors have dropped all charges against US actor Jussie Smollett for allegedly staging a racist and homophobic attack. Miles Bryan at WBEZ in Chicago was at the court and tells us exactly what happened. After that, Susannah Streeter takes us on a deep dive into the EU's controversial new copyright directive. And we'll have a view on the US markets from Joe Saluzzi at Themis Trading in New Jersey.
(Picture: A Boeing 737 MAX 9 test plane is pictured at Boeing Field on March 22, 2019. Picture credit: Getty Images.)
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