Duckworth Rips FAA For Safety Failure Before Dca Collision, Urges Trump Administration To Heed Her Calls For Better-Equipped Aviation Workforce

Duckworth Rips FAA For Safety Failure Before Dca Collision, Urges Trump Administration To Heed Her Calls For Better-Equipped Aviation Workforce

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Aviation, Space and Innovation—today lambasted the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its failure to carry out key safety procedures, maintain crucial inter-agency communications with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and address the air traffic controller (ATC) shortage leading up to the tragic, but preventable, DCA mid-air collision. D…