US Senate to consider nomination of NTSB chair for new term
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The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee will hold an April 10 hearing on the nomination of Jennifer Homendy to serve a new term as chair of the National Transportation Safety Board. Homendy, who has served on the board since 2018 and has been chair since August 2021, was renominated by President Joe Biden last month. She was the on-scene board member for last week's Baltimore bridge collapse and the Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 mid-air emergency prompted by a door panel blowout. Homendy has also urged action after a series of near-miss aviation safety incidents and pushed for new train safety measures after the February 2023 derailment of a train in East Palestine, Ohio. She has criticized Boeing's lack of cooperation in the door plug probe and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for failing to ensure driver assistance systems are safe.

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