Current and former ntsb chairs who provided safety recommendations. Both of these accidents were entirely preventable. We cannot fathom the pain experienced by the families of those 340 six human beings who were lost. Many family members were here today and we appreciate their attendance. Themreciate many of meeting with members of the committee. Committee, if this promise their loved ones that we are working to obtain a full answer as to how to prevent future tragedies. ,hese families deserve answers accountability, and action. Deserves no less. Involved inaircraft both accidents is the 737 max 8 manufactured by boeing. International aviation safety regulators begin grounding the plane the day after the ethiopian crash. On march 13, federal Aviation Administration formally grounded the aircraft. The return to service is contingent on boeings work with the faa to test and certify fixes to the Flight Control system. Activated during both crashes. In order to return to service, Internati
Good evening, verne. Welcome. We will now come to order. Like to start off by welcoming mr. Dan bush some of North Carolina to the committee. Thank you, sir. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Delighted to be with you. Look forward to meeting with you, sir. Subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony on one year later the implementation of the tsa modernization act. And without objection, the chairs authorized to declare the subcommittee in recess at any point. I want to thank you, Ranking Member lesco, and our distinguished witnesses for joining us today. One year ago this month, congress enacted the First Comprehensive reauthorization of the tsa known as the tsa modernization act. The act incorporated substantial number of bills and provisions that originated in this committee. It stands as a testament to the committees longstanding bipartisan efforts to conduct oversight of tsa. And i thank my colleagues, ms. Watsoncoleman and mr. Catko for their leadership in advancing legislation las
Safety of the 737 max 8 airplane. He appeared before the house transportation committee. Committee on transportation infrastructure becomes order. I ask unanimous consent that the chair be authorized to request resources. Without objection. I also asked the chair and raking member of the full community the recognize for 10 minutes each of the first round of questions. Without objection, its awarded. I want toegin, explain an administrative matter regarding some of the documents we may use in todays hearing, and that will be entered into the record. Two unanimous consent request in regards to two documents, list a and list b. List b. T on the b a we have been asked that it provides ample authority to release these documents. And the documents from boeing, owings attorney boeings attorneys agreed to these documents. I see nothing that is export sensitive in these documents. Documenttamped every they stepped us as export control. However, to prevent confusion with regards to documents wit
Year later, the implementation of the modernization act. Without objection, the chairs authorize to declare the subcommittee in recess at any point. I want to thank you, Ranking Member glasgow and our distinguished witness for joining us today. One year ago this month, congress enacted the First Comprehensive reauthorization, known as the tsa modernization act. The act incorporated substantial numbers of bills, and provisions that originated in this committee. This is a testament to the bipartisan efforts to conduct oversight of tsa. I thank my colleagues, miss Watson Coleman and the tsa modernization act improves our nations transportation security. Its a government to describe now, but id like to highlight a few key point. It established a fiveyear term for this tsa administrator to provide stability, to the agencys leadership. And, sadly, the current chaos and leadership vacancies within have undermined those efforts. Administrator, has been forced to wear two hats. Acting as dhs de
This hearing will come to order. Thank you all for being here today. One year ago today lion air, flight 610 crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from jakarta, indonesia. All 189 people on board perished. Five months later Ethiopian Airline 302 departed out of ethiopia just like lion air flight 610, ethiopian flight 302 experienced problems shortly after takeoff and crashed. All 157 persons on board died. Both of these accidents were entirely preventible. We cannot fathom the pain experienced by the families of those 346 human beings who were lost. Many family members are here today and we appreciate their attendance. I appreciate many of them meeting with members of the committee over time. As chairman of this committee i promise their loved ones that we are working to obtain a full answer as to how to prevent future tragedies. These families deserve answers, accountability, and action, and the public deserves no less. The type of aircraft involved in both accidents is a 737 max