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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Higgins to Leave NTSB

National Transportation Safety Board Member Kathryn (Kitty) O’Leary Higgins has submitted her resignation from the Safety Board to the White House, effective August 3. Higgins said she is leaving the NTSB "to pursue opportunities in the private sector." Higgins joined organization in January 2006.  During her tenure at the NTSB, she was the Board Member on scene at several major accident investigations, including the August 2008 crash of a firefighters’ helicopter in Weaverville, CA that killed nine and the ditching of a US Airways Airbus A320 in the Hudson River in January 2009.  Among the government positions she held before coming to the NTSB were deputy secretary of labor and vice chair of the Presidential Commission on U.S. Coast Guard Roles and Missions.

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