boxes in Ethopia, the crew fought the MCAS anti-stall software, which was trying to push the plane's nose lower. They turned it off and that was the correct procedure but for some unexplained reason they turned it back on and it flew the plane into the ground. The software was being triggered by a defective sensor. It was not the software that was bad but the outside sensor. On the Lion Air plane that crashed, the same thing happened the day before the crash and an experienced pilot riding along in the cockpit told the plane's pilots how to fix the problem and the plane continued on its journey. The next day the same thing happened because of the defective sensor but there was nobody in the cockpitto save the day. In both cases, pilot training in dealing with the nose down issue was at fault.

Oil prices continue to rise as production in Venezuela and Libya was in doubt. Venezuela's production in March fell to 740,000 bpd, a 16-year low due to the country wide blackout and workers walking off the job. Vice President Pence announced a new round of sanctions against 34 PDVSA vessels and two firms that transport oil to nearby Cuba. He alluded that there were more sanctions coming against the financial sector. April 28th is the deadline for non-US entities to wind down their transactions with PDVSA or suffer sanctions by the USA. The 10-day blackout caused many oil facilities to shut down and analysts believe most will not reopen due