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Trump Gutted Key Aviation Safety Committee Before D.C. Plane Crash
It’s hard to understand why he thought this was a good idea.
Donald Trump speaks at the presidential podium
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Last week, just days after his inauguration, Donald Trump eliminated the membership of a key committee that handles aviation security. And on
Wednesday night, a passenger plane collided with a military helicopter
in the Washington, D.C., area.
On Tuesday, January 22, the Aviation Security Advisory Committee’s
members received a memo from the Trump administration saying that the Department of Homeland Security was getting rid of the membership of all advisory committees in a “commitment to eliminating the misuse of
resources and ensuring that DHS activities prioritize our national
security.” At the same time, Trump also fired the heads of the
Transportation Security Administration and the Coast Guard.
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?
https://newrepublic.com/post/190916/donald-trump-tom-emmer- reconciliation-loyalty
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