Congress mandated the aviation committee in 1988, after the PanAm Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland. After Trump’s move, the committee technically continues to exist but has no members to examine safety issues in airlines and airports. Its membership consisted of key groups in the aviation industry, from major unions to representatives from major airlines, as well as a group associated with victims of the PanAm bombing.
Throughout its existence, the committee’s recommendations were adopted into air travel procedure. It was out of commission for more than a week until Wednesday’s disaster. No survivors were reported in the crash between American Eagle Flight 5342 heading to D.C. from Wichita, Kansas, and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter.
The D.C. fire chief has said that recovery is now underway, as bodies are pulled out of the Potomac River. With many of Trump’s executive orders and policy memos disrupting the normal function of government, could this disaster have been prevented by a competent administration?
Magggggneto on January 30th, 2025 at 15:32 UTC »
Expect more of this. We will see more plane crashes, accidents, chemical spills, oil spills, salmonella outbreaks and other disasters due to Trump gutting government oversight programs.
lovely_orchid_ on January 30th, 2025 at 15:22 UTC »
I just saw secdef in his recorded statement and let me just say as a person who used to drink every night…. He looked like last night was a blast.
temponaut-addison on January 30th, 2025 at 15:09 UTC »
The DUI hire caused this.