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Acting FAA head on Boeing jet problems

The U.S. is grounding all Boeing 737 Max jets after investigators found similarities between two deadly crashes involving the aircraft in the past five months. The FAA issued an emergency order Wednesday telling airlines to stop flying the planes, more than three days after a 737 Max 8 crashed in Ethiopia, killing everyone on board. In October, 189 people were killed when a 737 Max 8 crashed in Indonesia. Kris Van Cleave spoke with the Acting FAA administrator Daniel Elwell about the evidence linking the two crashes.

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US & Canada still flying Boeing 737 Max 8 jets

The FAA is under increasing pressure to ground Boeing's top-selling passengers plane after the deadly crash in Ethiopia. The U.S. and Canada are the only two major countries allowing the Boeing 737 Max 8 planes to continue operating. At least 39 nations, including European Union countries, grounded them. Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of Sunday's crash that killed 157 people, including eight Americans. Kris Van Cleave reports.

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