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POLITICO Pro: DOT's driverless car safety office has lost almost all of its staff, appropriators warn
POLITICO Pro: Homendy suggests FAA ‘interfering with the investigation’ into January midair crash
How a fragile aviation system led to disaster near Washington
Indeed, one of the most common threads during the long inquiry was that nobody seemed shocked that a PSA Airlines passenger jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided in January, killing all 67 on board both aircraft.“I was chairman of the board for almost eight years. I’ve followed aviation for several decades. Nothing in this surprises me,” said Jim Hall, who served as NTSB chair under then-President Bill Clinton and watched part of this week’s NTSB proceedings. It “only demonstrates that...
Controllers asked for fewer flights at Reagan National before a midair collision. That never happened.
“Yes,” Lehman replied. “It needs to be addressed and we didn’t address it.”Lehman said he brought it to the attention of his district manager, and believed “she had other conversations with other people” about it. But “it died right there,” he said. Later, Njuen Mandi Chendi, an air traffic management officer at the FAA, clarified that the clear weather maximum per hour arrival rate hadn’t gone up since 2019 —but the maximum allowable under poor weather conditions has.In a statement, transportat...
POLITICO Pro: Helicopters still switching off location transmitter 'every day,' medical flight exec tells NTSB
POLITICO Pro: Army helicopter's instrument limits scrutinized in probe into DC midair crash
130 feet from disaster: What we learned about the deadliest airline crash in decades
Here are some details revealed Wednesday about what went wrong in the skies near Washington:The Army Black Hawk helicopter’s altimeter wasn’t sensitive enough.Air traffic controllers cleared the helicopter to cross behind the commercial airplane as it was landing, relying on the military pilots to see the plane and avoid it. But preliminary data shows that the helicopter had been flying at about 300 feet above the ground — about 100 feet higher than it should have been — placing it on a collisio...
Some air traffic controllers wanted to close a helicopter route near Washington’s airport. It was abandoned as ‘too political.’
The FAA could not immediately be reached for comment. The documents were released Wednesday on the first day of a three-day fact-finding hearing into the crash, where significant attention focused on the limitations of instruments on the Black Hawk helicopter involved in the crash and the complicated and congested nature of the airspace around the airport. NTSB investigators grilled Army witnesses about the Black Hawk’s altimeters, an instrument that helps pilots gauge how high above the ground...
POLITICO Pro: Senate bill prods DOT on some unfinished business after East Palestine derailment
POLITICO Pro: Senate appropriators want more info on DOT cuts
POLITICO Pro: Luján, Kim clash with DOT nominee over past Google self-driving test comments
POLITICO Pro: House transportation spending bill would ban Chinese LIDAR
POLITICO Pro: House spending bill would block funds for speed-limiting device rules on trucks
POLITICO Pro: Rail industry, unions battle over automated track inspection
POLITICO Pro: Cross-border freight dropped sharply in April. Some experts say tariffs are to blame
POLITICO Pro: Reconciliation would end pre-tax commuter benefits for biking indefinitely
POLITICO Pro: Senate’s reconciliation bill would hike rent for Washington airports
POLITICO Pro: GAO: DOT still lacks a pandemic preparedness plan for aviation
POLITICO Pro: Guthrie wants to resuscitate driverless car framework this year
POLITICO Pro: Duffy won’t commit to protecting 1,500 hour rule for pilots, Schumer says
POLITICO Pro: NTSB: Boeing had no structured training for working on 737 MAX doors
Alaska Airlines door blowout preventable, investigators say — and Boeing, FAA should have seen it coming
“An accident like this does not happen because of an individual, or even a group of individuals,” she said. “Aviation is much more resilient than that; an accident like this only happens when there are multiple system failures.”
The NTSB recommended that Boeing create bette...
The NTSB recommended that Boeing create bette...
Texas’ DEI debate centers on a disagreement about whether programs perpetuate or prevent discrimination
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Over the past year, University of Texas at Austin senior Kam McQueen has had a first-hand look at what happens when the state bans diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at public colleges.
The school’s multicultural center, which hosted six groups that supported students of color, formally closed in January 2024. University funding quickly evaporated for sev...
Over the past year, University of Texas at Austin senior Kam McQueen has had a first-hand look at what happens when the state bans diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at public colleges.
The school’s multicultural center, which hosted six groups that supported students of color, formally closed in January 2024. University funding quickly evaporated for sev...
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