FAA failures set stage for deadly DC midair crash
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Ground stop lifted at DTW amid 'aircraft emergency'
All flights were grounded at Detroit Metro Airport on Wednesday night after an ‘aircraft emergency.'
The Federal Aviation Administration said it implemented the changes following the D.C. midair crash that killed 67 people last year.
The US Federal Aviation Administration announced plans Monday for an overhaul of its organizational structure in a move it said would help make the agency more efficient and support its ambitious air traffic control modernization plans.
The FAA’s largest reorganization in history creates new offices focused on airspace modernization and advanced aviation technologies.
The proposed legislation targets redundant or outdated regulations, which after being identified could be amended, rescinded or removed.
The FAA undergoes its largest restructuring to enhance safety and innovation, creating new oversight and technology offices without workforce reductions.
The US Department of Transportation unveiled what agency leaders described as the largest organizational overhaul in Federal Aviation Administration history. The restructuring centralizes safety oversight,
The investigation suggests that the helicopter route was dangerously close to the path taken by civilian aircraft. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said that the FAA was supposed to conduct annual safety reviews of helicopter routes, but the board was unable to find evidence of such reviews taking place.
Numerous lapses in Federal Aviation Authority oversight contributed to the tragic midair collision that killed 67 people over Washington DC’s Potomac River last year, investigators revealed
Comprehensive' restructuring creates new lines of business, makes leadership roles permanent, and shakes up organizational oversight.