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'Clear' parallels between Boeing crashes

An initial accident investigation has pointed to similarities between two Boeing crashes

An initial accident investigation has pointed to similarities between two Boeing crashes. Barry Valentine is a former head of the US Federal Aviation Authority, and discusses why the FAA was slow to ground Boeing 737 Max planes after the Ethiopian Airlines crash earlier this month. Also in the programme, internet service providers in New Zealand are blocking sites still showing footage of the mosque shootings, and there are reports large companies may also pull advertising from Google and Facebook. Colin Peacock from Media Watch on Radio New Zealand explains the unprecedented action taken by internet service providers. Women using public transport in Berlin today get a 21% discount on tickets to raise awareness of Germany's gender pay gap. Petra Nelken of Berlin's transport network the BVG tells us about the campaign. We hear from Thomas Abraham-Jones about a major helium discovery his firm Helium One recently made in Tanzania. Plus our regular workplace commentator Heather McGregor argues for banishing the word 'networking' from your vocabulary.

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