DC Mid-Air Mess: Safety Rules Ghosted by Regulators
In July, the NTSB got serious for a three-day public hearing investigating the January mid-air collision over Washington, DC that tragically killed 67 people. The verdict? The catastrophe 'should have been prevented' by existing safety rules, yet government agencies doing the eyes-closed shuffle 'have become hesitant to enforce those rules,' especially when industry demands more flights and cheaper costs enter the cockpit. Instead of boosting safety confidence, the Trump administration, like a plot twist nobody asked for, moved to undermine what little regulation courage remained. Aviation safety went from co-pilot to ghosting the controls.
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(1 of 3)When government safety rules get ghosted harder than your last Tinder date, 67 people pay the price—thanks for flying Institutional Cowardice Airlines, next stop: OSHA’s worst nightmare.
Who knew enforcing safety rules was scarier than standing up to that one Aunt Karen at Thanksgiving? 67 lives lost, and regulators hit the mute button.
This crash proves if you slack on safety regs, planes hardly fall from the sky—they nosedive. Spoiler alert: industry loves low-cost flights over low-risk flying.
Source: Theverge | Published: 8/16/2025 | Author: Darryl Campbell
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