Your Price For Musk’s SpaceX Permits: How Firing the FAA Head Led to the LaGuardia Tragedy.

More than 40 people were rushed to the hospital after a horrifying runway collision.

Air traffic control audio reveals the frantic moments leading up to the collision at LaGuardia, with one controller admitting he may have “messed up” … — Daily Beast

The pilot and co-pilot of a Jazz Aviation flight operating on behalf of Air Canada were killed after the CRJ-900 aircraft collided with a Port Authority Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting vehicle… At least 41 passengers and crew members were taken to the hospital … Two Port Authority police officers inside the vehicle, reported by The New York Post to have suffered broken bones.

The FAA is facing a major crisis without a leader because Elon Musk pushed him out — The Verge Trump guts key aviation safety advisory committee — AP News Transport Secretary Sean Duffy slammed for blunders and ‘shrugging off responsibility’ — Daily Express Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s Risque Past Performance Surfaces — **The Boston Times Deadly U.S. plane crashes in 2025** — FOX4

Where were the fatal crashes? How many people died? Who is Sean Duffy, Trump’s Secretary of Transport? Check this StoryMap.

It is not a safe situation right now for the flying public

Air Traffic Controller Warns Major Airport Unsafe for Travel: ‘Avoid Newark at All Costs’. An air traffic controller warned Friday that Newark Liberty International Airport is unsafe for travelers as it has been wracked by staffing deficits… “He said, ‘It is not safe. It is not a safe situation right now for the flying public,’” Costello relayed of his conversation with the air traffic controller, which he described as “Really an incredible statement, unsolicited. He just said that to me, and separately: ‘Don’t fly into Newark. Avoid Newark at all costs.’” — The Daily Beast

Cripple Federal safety agencies to boost corporate profits

• There have been four deadly plane crashes in the United States in 2025.
• Before 2025, the most recent deadly plane crash involving a U.S. airliner was in 2009.
• In total, 85 people have died in the 2025 plane crashes. — FOX4

“FAA administrator, Michael Whitaker, fell afoul of Elon Musk and was driven from his position upon Donald Trump taking office. With Trump’s negligence toward assembling a competent government, the position remained empty through the deadly mid-air collision.” — MSNBC

What happens when billionaires buy themselves a shadow Presidency? Cripple Federal safety agencies to boost corporate profits? People die. Follow the tragedy with this map. Click on any person for details.

See how Musk and Trump crippled the FAA

Trump guts key aviation safety advisory committee — AP News

Social-media users have said that Trump’s freeze on hiring federal employees included air traffic controllers in the wake of a passenger jet colliding with a military helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport… Many of his critics are pointing to the federal hiring freeze and the aircraft collision as a sign of the potential impacts the orders could have. — Newsweek

TakeAway: Call your MAGA rep: Your life is worth more than Elon Musk’s political donations to the GOP.

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