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Husker du TWA 800 havariet utenfor New York i 1996? Det som skjedde da var at NTSB, tilsvarende vårt Statens Havarikommisjon for Transport, ble tvunget vekk fra sin egen gransking av.... FAA i samarbeid med FBI. Nå tar NTSB hevn.

Aviation's Iron Lady: NTSB Chairwoman Deborah Hersman

 

Juggling Boeing's meltdown and bureaucratic tension with the much larger FAA, top federal transportation investigator Deborah Hersman is the steely new face of sky patrol.

There's a new, tough energy in the nation's leading accident investigation agency, and its face is Deborah Hersman.

 

Aviation industry insiders have been surprised by the bluntness of public statements made by Hersman, chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board, about the investigation into battery fires on board the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

 National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman speaks while John DeLisi, deputy director, NTSB Office of Aviation Safety, listens during a briefing on Jan. 24, 2013 in Washington, D.C.

"I'm glad to see her taking the lead," says John Goglia, a former NTSB investigator with more than 40 years experience in the industry. "These are not state secrets, this is an issue of public safety and they should be giving regular updates."