Pete Buttigieg, the US Transportation Secretary, announced plans to visit East Palestine, Ohio after a train derailment and new efforts to improve rail safety. He also criticized the railroad industry for opposing safety reforms and plans to meet with local residents to discuss the steps his agency is taking.
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The FAA has issued a "safety call to action" and formed a safety review team in response to a string of concerning airline incidents, including a close-call at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, Hawaii and another at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. The NTSB is investigating the Honolulu incident and the FAA is working to ensure the safety of passengers and crew.
The NTSB released an investigative report on the April 17, 2021 crash in Spring, Texas, revealing that the driver had moved to the back seat after the crash and was wearing a seatbelt. The report also determined that Autopilot could not have been used on the street where the crash happened. The NTSB is continuing to investigate the crash and will release a final report in the coming months.
At Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Saturday, a potentially catastrophic collision between a FedEx cargo jet and a Southwest Airlines jet was narrowly avoided. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the FedEx aircraft had been cleared to land on the same runway as the Southwest flight, but the FedEx flight "discontinued the landing and initiated a climb out" and the two aircraft passed each other with an estimated separation of 1,000 feet. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is now investigating the incident, which serves as a reminder of the importance of air traffic controllers in ensuring safety. The FAA is committed to ensuring the safety of the traveling public and is working with the NTSB to determine the facts of this incident.
On December 31st, an American Airlines employee was tragically killed at an Alabama airport after being pulled into an engine. The NTSB's preliminary report revealed that the ground crew had held a safety briefing prior to the airplane arriving at the gate, and that the flight crew had elected to leave both engines running during the two-minute engine cool-down period. The NTSB is continuing to investigate the incident, and has not yet released a final report or the name of the employee.
On January 13th, 2023, a potentially dangerous incident occurred at John F. Kennedy International Airport when an American Airlines Boeing 777 crossed the runway in front of a Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 that was preparing for takeoff. The FAA and NTSB have launched an investigation into the incident, and the audio recording of Air Traffic Control communications has been released. The FAA and NTSB are committed to ensuring the safety of the flying public and will take all necessary steps to ensure that similar incidents do not occur in the future.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is still trying to determine the cause of a system outage that led to a nationwide ground stop on Wednesday.…
A tragic accident occurred at Montgomery Regional Airport in Alabama on Saturday when a ground crew worker was killed after being sucked into the engine…