Aug 13, 2026 · 1 hr 19 min · 19 segments
Michael Graham is the Vice Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, the independent federal agency responsible for investigating every civil aviation accident in the United States. Before…
Jason MiddletonHostMichael GrahamGuest
You guys, so basically the role of the NTSB is to be, have a, have a kind of independent, um, m- s- study and, and investigation of aviation accidents.
Um, and then f- come up with the findings and then make recommendations, too.
Yeah, so we're independent, so we don't have any, what I always say, we don't have a horse in the race, right?
... of the operation, and we're gonna look at the operator, the, you know, we, we call it three things, the, the man, the machine, and the environment.
Everything about the crew, you know, days before, everything, the responses.
Uh, of course, the aircraft, the machine, everything, the maintenance, the history-
You guys, so basically the role of the NTSB is to be, have a, have a kind of independent, um, m- s- study and, and investigation of aviation accidents.
Um, and then f- come up with the findings and then make recommendations, too.
Yeah, so we're independent, so we don't have any, what I always say, we don't have a horse in the race, right?
... of the operation, and we're gonna look at the operator, the, you know, we, we call it three things, the, the man, the machine, and the environment.
Everything about the crew, you know, days before, everything, the responses.
Uh, of course, the aircraft, the machine, everything, the maintenance, the history-
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