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Trump gutted aviation security committee days earlier than Nationwide Airport crash

Editorial Board Published January 30, 2025
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President Donald Trump scrapped an aviation security committee that had been in place for greater than three many years, just some days earlier than a lethal airplane crash at Ronald Reagan Nationwide Airport in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday evening.

Officers have mentioned they consider all passengers onboard an American Airways jet that collided with an Military helicopter over the Potomac River had been killed. D.C. Fireplace and EMS Chief John Donnelly instructed reporters, “We are now at the point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation.”


D.C. Fireplace and EMS Chief John Donnelly, speaks throughout a information convention at Ronald Reagan Washington Nationwide Airport, Thursday morning, Jan. 30, 2025.

Among the many passengers on the jet had been a gaggle of determine skaters and their coaches on their approach dwelling from the U.S. Determine Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas.

On Jan. 21, his second day in workplace, Trump despatched a memo to members of the Aviation Safety Advisory Committee telling them that their membership had been eradicated. The committee made suggestions to the FAA on points referring to journey security.

The Trump memo mentioned the gutting of the committee was being accomplished as a part of a technique of “eliminating the misuse of resources and ensuring that [Department of Homeland Security] activities prioritize our national security.”

The committee was shaped by Congress after the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 270 individuals in 1988.

Kara Weipz, president of Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, criticized the announcement in an announcement. “Today’s action by the Trump Administration will undermine aviation security in the United States and across the globe.”

As a part of an ongoing effort to upend civil rights beneficial properties, Trump additionally issued an govt order ending variety recruitment applications on the FAA. The order went out regardless that the FAA has skilled a scarcity of vital air site visitors controllers for years.

Along with the elimination of the protection committee, the FAA is presently with out a director. Michael Whitaker was alleged to serve a five-year time period after being appointed in 2023. Trump megadonor Elon Musk pushed for his ouster after Whitaker fined Musk’s SpaceX for security violations and Whitaker left on the day Trump was inaugurated.

Conservatives have lengthy advocated for small authorities, whereas additionally pushing to cease authorities advocacy in favor of variety and civil rights. With Trump’s actions, the precise elevated these considerations regardless of the protection implications—and now the households and family members of the Nationwide Airport crash must cope with the fallout.

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