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Senate committee presses NTSB nominee Michael Graham on ADS‑B adoption and open safety recommendations
Summary
Michael Graham, nominated for reappointment to the National Transportation Safety Board, told senators he supports broader adoption of ADS‑B technology and said requiring ADS‑B In/Out would make the flying public safer.
Michael Graham, President Trump’s nominee for reappointment to the National Transportation Safety Board, told the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on the record that he supports broader adoption of automatic dependent surveillance–broadcast (ADS‑B) technology and that requiring ADS‑B In/Out in congested airspace would make the flying public safer.
Senators pressed Graham about gaps between NTSB safety recommendations and regulatory action, citing the agency’s 34 recommendations after the East Palestine derailment and NTSB findings of more than 15,000 near‑miss incidents between commercial aircraft and helicopters in the three years before the fatal mid‑air collision near Reagan National Airport that killed 67 people. Ranking Member Maria Cantwell…
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