FAA investigators have to prioritize more during the partial federal shutdown
Source: Washington Post
FAA investigators have to prioritize more during the partial federal shutdown
With investigators hamstrung by the shutdown, they have to choose among the many small crashes to investigate.
By Ashley Halsey III January 2 at 5:30 PM
The partial federal shutdown is playing out across the country, and in one Michigan county that means the sheriff’s department had no alternative but to tape off the area of a fatal small-plane crash as they wait for federal investigators to arrive.
When Federal Aviation Administration investigators will arrive is not clear.
“We continue to prioritize the available resources,” a frustrated FAA spokesman said. “We certainly don’t want to minimize any crash, particularly a fatal one.”
The plane crashed into a Saginaw County building over the weekend, killing former flight instructor Bill Burns, 83. While Burns’s body has been removed, the crashed plane awaits federal investigators who hope to determine why it went down.
Saginaw County Sheriff Bill Federspiel told WJRT he could not recall a similar situation in his more than 30 years of law enforcement.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2019/01/02/faa-investigators-have-prioritize-more-during-partial-federal-shutdown/
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