OFFICIALS LEGISLATION INTEREST GROUPS PUBLIC STATEMENTS COMMITTEES VETOES

Press Release - Bishop Grills FAA on Stalled Response to Flight 800

Date: Sept. 22, 2006
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Transportation


Bishop Grills FAA on Stalled Response to Flight 800
Associate Administrator Commits to Date for Completed Safety Regulation

Washington, DC — Following Congressman Bishop's recent request, the House Subcommittee on Aviation held a hearing to address safety concerns at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). During the questioning of witnesses, Bishop asked Nick Sabatini, the top safety official at the FAA, why the agency has delayed implementing safety upgrades that could avert fuel tank explosions similar to the cause of the TWA Flight 800 disaster on July 26, 1996. In response to Bishop's inquiry, the Associate Administrator committed the agency to issue its final regulation by September of 2007.

"Although we have waited more than a decade, I am pleased that the FAA has finally committed to a date certain by which the safety flaw that brought down Flight 800 will be fixed once and for all," Bishop said. "The families and friends of those who lost loved ones in the explosion of Flight 800 have waited too long for these safety changes, and I will push to make sure that the FAA stays true to its word."

BREAK IN TRANSCRIPT

http://wwwc.house.gov/timbishop/r109-114.htm

arrow_upward