PACOIMA (CNS) – Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath directed the Department of Public Works on Friday, “to identify immediate actions within our authority to strengthen safety around Whiteman Airport.”
“I remain deeply concerned about the circumstances that led to the downed airplane near Whiteman Airport, and take seriously the county’s role in getting answers from our governmental partners entrusted to safely administer operations,” Horvath said in a statement Friday, one day after KTLA broadcast audio from the air traffic control tower when a small plane coming in for a landing at Whiteman Airport Monday clipped a high-voltage power line in Pacoima, knocking out electricity in the area and leaving the pilot in critical condition.
“A plane going down in a commercial corridor next to neighborhoods should never happen — and our Pacoima community deserves answers.”…