Major safety concerns for travelers using Southern California’s airports

The National Transportation Safety Board recently held a public hearing to approve its final report on the deadly January 2025 midair collision over the Potomac River just outside Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people.

During the hearing, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy worryingly warned, “Burbank is one [airport] where commercial airlines have called me to say the next midair [collision] is going to be at Burbank, and nobody at FAA is paying attention...