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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

It is Tuesday, March 12th. Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning. In the news this morning, a man with ties to South Jersey was one of the 157 victims of that deadly plane crash in Ethiopia. The news comes as more airlines around the world are grounding their Boeing 737 max eight passenger planes.

Matt Vassir grew up in CIL City, New Jersey, and later moved to California. His employer released a statement confirming the IQ

Air writer was on the Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 to Nairobi. His colleagues remember him as an

amazing writer, a selfless person who wouldn't hesitate to help others. Vaseer loved to surf and was

involved in the surf industry since he was a teenager. Meanwhile, Boeing's best-selling passenger jet

is under scrutiny after the second deadly crash in five months.

Boeing 737 Max is the newest version of the 737. Though Ethiopian Airlines, China, Indonesia, and now Australian, South Korea, have grounded all planes of this type on Monday.

The FAA issued a continued airworthiness notification.

And as such, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines that fly the 737 Max will continue to do so.

Hey, we're flying American Airlines Thursday.

Oh, we can probably check which type of Boeing it is.

I'll almost guarantee it.

It's that aircraft.

I pull it up while I do this.

I'll take it love.

Some aviation experts, see, I'm probably not going to go. I don't that you say that. Okay. Some aviation experts see similarities between the two crashes in this five-month period. It isn't clear yet whether the plane's technology played a role in the Ethiopian Airlines crash or whether this crash is related to the last one.

Boeing says that they have been developing a flight control software enhancement, but the investigation, obviously, into this crash is ongoing.

Well, statistically, for example, how many of these planes fly every day?

I don't know.

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