The transportation secretary said that the pilot’s errors play a role in the collision of the plane and the calls closely.
The pilot’s error has a role in the collision of the plane high and calling closely in the past few weeks. The secretary of Sean Duffy said on Thursday as he called on the pilot to face a serious consequence when they were not interested in air traffic control.
Duffy said in an interview that the pilot should lose a license if they do not comply with the instructions from the air traffic controller, which is what he says it seems to happen in Close to Tuesday between private jet and Southwest Airlines in Chicago. No one was injured.
“The free area that you make mistakes, serious errors and you do not pay any price for it. There is something wrong with that.” Duffy said. “And this is the way we have the pilot to pay attention again and follow the direction of the air traffic controller.”
Duffy tries to calm down that the sky is not safer after the fall of a serious and close aircraft. In the last couple of weeks, starting with the central collision of the helicopter and a passenger jet at Ronald National Airport near Ashington DC.
The news analysis of the NBC of the federal data shows the events and deaths on flights have not increased compared to last year.
In fact, the number of collisions related to any plane, including a small aircraft helicopter and a hot balloon, which caused at least once died in the United States in the past few years. The analysis shows. Last year, there were 179 events in the past 25 years.
The number of deaths on the plane in the United States also decreased. Last year, 302 people died compared to 308 in 2023, 336 in 2022, 353 in 2021 and 332 in 2020 according to the analysis.
Even so, the line of the crash sparks fear and uncomfortable among air travelers.
44 -year -old Frenchi Jones, who lived in Richmond, Virginia said that she was considering the upcoming flights that are about to arrive at Huntsville, Alba. “I have more and more concerns,” she said.
The 42 -year -old Bradery Hopgood, a traveler who lived in Dallas, canceled her American Airlines to Dominican Republic and said that she had not planned to board the plane for at least another year.
“I am alive for the next trip. But there is something lacking marks I don’t understand how this happened, “she said.” I still laid and I stopped traveling for temporary recreation. “
Jeff Guzzetti, a former detective of the National Transport Safety Committee, said that he did not see the joint topic between the collisions of the plane recently and is still safe to fly.
“The sky does not fall,” he said. “However, I understand the public concerns about aviation and I think that’s because of the increased sensitivity of this very rare unfortunate state.”
In Chicago, the southwest flight 2504 is about to land at the midway international airport when it comes up to avoid Flexjet planes. Across the route on the runway, video shows Federal Aviation Administration. Said that the jet jet entered the runway without permission to encourage the south -west crew to start “around” to avoid collisions
The flight finally stops safely at the midway. But Duffy said that the event “may be a disaster”
“If the air traffic control is telling you to stop and you roll over the runway,” he said. “Thank God that you have an airline pilot.”
In an interview Wednesday with “Fox & Friends”, the NTSB Jennifer Homendy chair blames Flexjet plane pilot.
“It seems that this is a failure of a flight crew from Flexjet to listen and follow the instructions of air traffic control,” said Homendy.
Flexjet spokesman said in a statement that it was “prematurely” for NTSB to define the penalty.
“We do not comment or predict about the safety investigation, especially in these first phases, just as we expect that professional organizations and other agencies will do.” The statement “Flexjet complying with the highest safety standards and we are investigating in detail. Any action to fix and ensure the maximum safety standards. “
Closely calls in Chicago, after a flight accident, sometimes some of them die.
On January 29, the army helicopter and commercial plane collided in the middle of the stage near Ashington to kill all 67 passengers in both planes. The most dangerous US air error in almost four centuries–
Small aircraft Bump in Alaska This month killed a total of 10 people. And Delta plane Overturn In the landing at Toronto Airport, 21 people were injured.
Duffy said on Thursday, “There are some pilot errors that play in each of these events.”
He said that various events have given importance to safety and system improvement.
Duffy spoke from FAA Academy in Oklahoma City, which has trained in the future air traffic control. Announce To “increase charging”, hiring a air traffic controller from 27 February to March 17 and increased the salary of 30% for applicants to go to school.
Duffy observed that billions of people flew in the United States every year in 35 million flights with very few events.
He talks about the mistake, but “is more interested now.”
