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cbabe

(6,616 posts) Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:01 PM 10 hrs ago

NTSB head says she had to 'beg' to get an Air Canada crash investigator through an hourslong TSA line in Houston

https://www.businessinsider.com/ntsb-updates-air-canada-crash-says-tsa-lines-delayed-investigator-2026-3?op=1

NTSB head says she had to 'beg' to get an Air Canada crash investigator through an hourslong TSA line in Houston

By Katherine Li and Taylor Rains
Mar 23, 2026, 5:30 PM PT

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Jennifer Homendy, chair of the NTSB, said on Monday that one investigator brought in to investigate the deadly crash was stuck in the TSA line at an airport in Houston for hours.

"Our air traffic control specialist was in line with TSA for three hours until we called in Houston to beg to see if we can get her through so we can get her here," Homendy said during a press conference.

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NTSB head says she had to 'beg' to get an Air Canada crash investigator through an hourslong TSA line in Houston (Original Post) cbabe 10 hrs ago OP

Cry me a river. ananda 10 hrs ago #1

"Talk to Congress" will do nothing. maxsolomon 9 hrs ago #2

ananda

(35,079 posts)

1. Cry me a river.

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:03 PM

10 hrs ago

Talk to Congress.

maxsolomon

(38,660 posts)

2. "Talk to Congress" will do nothing.

Reply to ananda (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 01:10 PM

9 hrs ago

I don't understand why 1 particular NTSB investigator in Houston is so vital they couldn't take a later plane, but I guess they were. Glad the TSA acted, eventually.

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