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Trump picks ex-Delta exec to lead FAA amid questions over Boeing crash
Source: Associated Press
Trump picks ex-Delta exec to lead FAA amid questions over Boeing crash
Associated Press
Wed 20 Mar 2019 00.10 GMT
President Donald Trump has tapped a former Delta Air Lines executive to lead the Federal Aviation Administration as the regulator deals with questions about its approval of a Boeing airliner involved in two deadly crashes within five months.
The White House said Tuesday that Trump will nominate Stephen Dickson to head the FAA. The agency has been led by an acting administrator since January 2018.
Separately, the transportation department confirmed that its watchdog agency will examine how the FAA certified the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, the now-grounded plane involved in two fatal accidents within five months.
The FAA had stood by the safety of the plane up until last Wednesday, despite other countries grounding it.
The transportation secretary, Elaine Chao, formally requested the audit in a letter sent to the department’s inspector general, Calvin Scovel III, on Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Wed 20 Mar 2019 00.10 GMT
President Donald Trump has tapped a former Delta Air Lines executive to lead the Federal Aviation Administration as the regulator deals with questions about its approval of a Boeing airliner involved in two deadly crashes within five months.
The White House said Tuesday that Trump will nominate Stephen Dickson to head the FAA. The agency has been led by an acting administrator since January 2018.
Separately, the transportation department confirmed that its watchdog agency will examine how the FAA certified the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, the now-grounded plane involved in two fatal accidents within five months.
The FAA had stood by the safety of the plane up until last Wednesday, despite other countries grounding it.
The transportation secretary, Elaine Chao, formally requested the audit in a letter sent to the department’s inspector general, Calvin Scovel III, on Tuesday.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/19/trump-picks-ex-delta-exec-to-lead-faa-amid-concern-over-boeing-plane
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