White House fires NTSB board member
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The National Transportation Safety Board has released its final report on the fatal DC plane crash outside Reagan National Airport on Jan. 29, 2025. The report found that heavy airport traffic, combined with improper training and safety precautions ...
Todd Inman said in a statement that he received notice Friday from the White House personnel office that his position on the National Transportation Safety Board was “terminated effective immediately.
According to the NTSB, safety equipment required by the ROTOR Act would have prevented the January 2025 midair collision between an American Eagle regional jet and a military Black Hawk helicopter.
The House failed to approve a bill Tuesday that was crafted after last year’s tragic midair collision near Washington, D.C., to require all aircraft flying around busy airports to have key locator systems to prevent such crashes. The collision of an airliner and an Army helicopter killed 67 people in January 2025.
A preliminary report shows that a private jet that crashed in Maine in January remained on the ground 8 minutes longer than it should have after receiving a deicing treatment during a snowstorm.
All six people on board the plane died in the January crash at Bangor International Airport, Maine's second-largest airport.