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Former DOT Official Calls On U.S. To Ground Boeing 737 Max 8 Planes

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Australia and Singapore are the latest countries to ground Boeing 737 Max 8 planes after one model crashed during a flight from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia over the weekend. This comes after the Lion Air incident a few months ago, where the same model plane crashed. Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Mary Schiavo (@MarySchiavo), a pilot and former inspector general at the Department of Transportation, who is calling on the U.S. to also ground the Boeing 737 Max 8 planes.

This segment aired on March 12, 2019.

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