Office of the Special Counsel Finds DOT Report on Aviation Safety Disclosure Deficient; Safety Hazards Persist at Newark Airport (PDF; 68 KB)
Source: U.S. Office of Special Counsel
(T)he U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) transmitted to the President and Congress a Department of Transportation (DOT) Investigative report responding to a whisteblower disclosure of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) unsafe operation of two intersecting runway configurations at one of the nation’s busiest airports. OSC found the agency report deficient because FAA has not implemented critical procedures to mitigate the safety hazards confirmed by DOT’s investigation, allowing potential safety risks to the flying public to persist.
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