Transport secretary Sean Duffy assured the American public that air travel is safe in the aftermath of one Deadly DC aircraft accident Last week it killed more than 60 people and a plane crash in Philadelphia, so 7 people were dead.
Duffy, a former Co-Gastheer of FOX Business, told Monday “The Ingraham Angle” that air travel is the safest form of travel in the country, and if the airspace was not safe, the Federal Aviation Administration would close it.
“Air Travel is the safest form of travel in the country. So you can travel well and feel good in American planes,” he said.
“This is the safest way of transport, and again, I think we should understand that as an audience, but then also demand that we cannot have these crashes. These are unacceptable.”
Rescuers restore debris of the Potomac river in the aftermath of the American Eagle Flight 5342 collision and a Black Hawk -Helicopter, seen from Virginia, January 30, 2025. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)
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Duffy said that the Agency will give priority to safety over the environment, social justice and diversity, equity and inclusion (dei) initiatives.
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Duffy told FOX News-gasheer Laura Ingraham that staff is “too short” and the agency lost many air traffic controllers during the COVID-19 Pandemie.
Air controllers work in the Control Tower of Ronald Reagan International Airport as recovery efforts of the authorities for the remains of a commercial lining and a military helicopter that crashed earlier in the week will take place on the nearby Potomac River, Virginia, on 2 February 2025 . (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty images)
“We have a plan. We are going to take over air traffic controllers. We have some land of land In those towers“He said, adding that a new plan would be released in the coming days.
The former Congressman of Wisconsin also called for upgrades of the country’s air traffic control system, something he said he should have been done dozens of years ago.
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“I think everyone is on board to make this happen, Democrats and Republicans,” Duffy claimed. “The president wants to do it. And so I think this is time. Let’s repair the system and make sure it is even safer and even more efficient.”
