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"US Army and FAA in the hot seat publicly for the first time since January’s fatal midair collision
Washington, DC
CNN
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Family members of some of the 67 people killed in January’s midair collision in Washington listened to the US Army and Federal Aviation Administration take fiery questions from lawmakers for the first time Thursday at a Senate subcommittee hearing on the preliminary findings of the accident.
“I’m glad that something’s being done about it now,” said Dailey Crafton, whose brother, Casey, was killed. “But you know, it’s too little, too late for those of us who had family members on that plane.”
The Senate hearing came two weeks after the National Transportation Safety Board, whose chair also testified Thursday, unveiled its preliminary report on the fatal collision between the American Airlines regional jet and an Army Blackhawk helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. It was the first major aviation accident in the United States in nearly 20 years. The NTSB issued two urgent safety recommendations with the report, which the FAA adopted rapidly.
“(The FAA and Army) have been very cooperative with our investigation,” NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy told reporters following the hearing. “We’re working closely. It’s a pretty broad investigation. It’s a very complex investigation.”
Previously, investigators uncovered 15,214 “near miss events” between 2021 and 2024 where aircraft were within one nautical mile of each other, with a vertical separation of less than 400 feet. There were also 85 cases where aircraft were less than 1,500 feet apart, with a vertical separation of less than 200 feet, according to the NTSB."
What was Dementia Joe's administration doing during all of this? Is DEI hiring to blame? Were the most qualified people in the control towers?
Washington, DC
CNN
—
Family members of some of the 67 people killed in January’s midair collision in Washington listened to the US Army and Federal Aviation Administration take fiery questions from lawmakers for the first time Thursday at a Senate subcommittee hearing on the preliminary findings of the accident.
“I’m glad that something’s being done about it now,” said Dailey Crafton, whose brother, Casey, was killed. “But you know, it’s too little, too late for those of us who had family members on that plane.”
The Senate hearing came two weeks after the National Transportation Safety Board, whose chair also testified Thursday, unveiled its preliminary report on the fatal collision between the American Airlines regional jet and an Army Blackhawk helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. It was the first major aviation accident in the United States in nearly 20 years. The NTSB issued two urgent safety recommendations with the report, which the FAA adopted rapidly.
“(The FAA and Army) have been very cooperative with our investigation,” NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy told reporters following the hearing. “We’re working closely. It’s a pretty broad investigation. It’s a very complex investigation.”
Previously, investigators uncovered 15,214 “near miss events” between 2021 and 2024 where aircraft were within one nautical mile of each other, with a vertical separation of less than 400 feet. There were also 85 cases where aircraft were less than 1,500 feet apart, with a vertical separation of less than 200 feet, according to the NTSB."
What was Dementia Joe's administration doing during all of this? Is DEI hiring to blame? Were the most qualified people in the control towers?
