Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Wednesday that the United States cannot wait for the next “catastrophic event” to tackle the spike in the number of near-miss air crashes that has sparked controversy. worry.
The Federal Aviation Administration is hosting a safety summit outside Washington on Wednesday with airlines, unions, airports and other stakeholders, after numerous recent incidents that resulted in crashes being avoided from accuracy have raised security issues.
“There have been far too many near misses,” Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, said at the summit. “These recent incidents should serve as a wake-up call.
