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FAA head defends safety of US air travel after close calls

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, center, the ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, is flanked by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., left, and by Chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., questions Acting Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration Billy Nolen as the panel examines recent failures in the FAA's NOTAM system, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, center, the ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, is joined at left by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., left, as he questions Acting Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration Billy Nolen to examine recent failures in the FAA's NOTAM system, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)