NTSB investigators en route to LaGuardia crash site delayed for hours amid DHS shutdown
A National Transportation Safety Board investigator was delayed three hours in Houston due to TSA staffing shortages caused by a partial DHS shutdown, worsening travel disruptions.
- Long airport security lines caused by a DHS shutdown delayed investigators responding to a deadly collision at LaGuardia Airport.
- An air traffic control specialist was held up for three hours at a Houston airport, highlighting the disruption.
- NTSB officials said assembling the full investigation team has been difficult, with members arriving by various means.
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NTSB Had to ‘Beg’ TSA to Get Investigator of Fatal LaGuardia Crash: Report
NTSB chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said the specialists needed to investigate the March 22 LaGuardia crash were stuck in their respective cities because of long TSA security lines at airports across the country due to the ongoing partial government shutdown.
NTSB chair: LaGuardia crash investigator was stuck in TSA line for hours
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday that long lines at airport security checkpoints caused by the ongoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown delayed investigators arriving at the scene of a deadly collision between a jet and a fire truck at LaGuardia International Airport. An air traffic control specialist was stuck…
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