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.
