NTSB member who responded to D.C. midair crash abruptly departs, says he was fired by the White House
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National Transportation Safety Board member Todd Inman, who was the NTSB's initial on scene spokesman at the deadly midair collision over Washington, D.C., last January, has abruptly departed the agency two years into what is typically a five-year term. In:
National Transportation Safety Board member Todd Inman, who was the NTSB's initial on scene spokesman at the deadly midair collision over Washington, D.C., last January, has abruptly departed the agency two years into what is typically a five-year term.
Days after the NTSB added its fifth board member, Inman was fired by the White House Presidential Personnel Office on behalf of President Trump, he told CBS News in a statement. Aviation news service The Air Current was the first to report on Inman's departure.
"To date, I have not received any reason for this termination," he said.
CBS News has reached out to the Trump administration for comment, and the NTSB referred to the White House for comment.
Inman was appointed by President Biden and confirmed by the Senate in March 2024. He's a former Department of Transportation official during Mr. Trump's first term. While he responded to the crash between a regional American Airlines flight and a Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport — where 67 people aboard both aircraft were killed — Inman became emotional during an interview with CBS News discussing what he saw when he arrived on scene.
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