National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
Deborah A. P. Hersman, Chair
The NTSB is charged with investigating every civil aviation accident in the United States and significant accidents in other modes of transportation — railroad, highway, marine, and pipeline. Deborah Hersman was appointed as an NTSB Board Member by President George W. Bush in 2004 and reappointed by President Obama, who appointed her Chair in 2009 and again in 2011. She served as a senior advisor to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation from 1999 to 2004. The following is from an April 16, 2013, hearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on “Aviation Safety:…
