Since January, there have been two serious incidents in which jetliners came dangerously close.
, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. Separately, the NTSB said Tuesday it’s opening an investigation into a jet that unexpectedly dropped shortly after takeoff near Hawaii in December.
While there have been just three passenger deaths on U.S. airlines since 2010 — during which more than 10 billion people took individual flights — the recent events have shown that the risks of a fatal crash haven’t been eliminated.Nolen said he’s forming a safety review team to “examine the US aerospace system’s structure, culture, processes, systems and integration of safety efforts.
An organization called the Commercial Aviation Safety Team, made up of industry and government officials who examine risk trends, will be asked to “take a fresh look” at available data, he said. Another review team will focus on the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization.“We need to mine the data to see whether there are other incidents that resemble ones we have seen in recent weeks,” Nolen said. “And we need to see if there are indicators of emerging trends so we can focus on resources to address now.
The release of the memorandum marks the start of a busy week for the FAA. Nolen is scheduled to testify before the Senate on Wednesday about a Jan. 11 computer problem involving air-traffic operations that prompted the agency to briefly halt all US takeoffs., known as Notice to Air Mission, or Notam, Nolen said the FAA is trying to determine how to speed up a stalled modernization project that isn’t expected to be fully completed until 2030.
Nolen also repeated early statements from the agency in the prepared remarks, saying the failure was a result of a contractor unintentionally deleting computer files. The agency has taken steps to protect the data and no longer allows contractors to work on it without agency supervision, according to the testimony.
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