House rejects bill requiring aircraft locator systems to prevent midair collisions like last year's

The National Transportation Safety Board has been recommending such Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast systems to be ...

ROTOR Act, requiring aircraft locator systems that NTSB recommends to prevent midair collisions fails in House

The House failed to approve a bill Tuesday that was crafted after last year’s tragic midair collision near Washington D.C. to ...

Air safety advocates say a GOP proposal won't mandate the collision warning system airline jets need

A midair crash prompted a bill that would have mandated new anti-collision alerts. Safety advocates say a revised GOP bill ...
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DC plane crash caused by improper training, safety measures: NTSB report

More than a year after 67 people were killed in a mid-air collision outside DCA, the NTSB has released its final report into ...

House rejects quick passage of bill that some say would have prevented deadly DC midair collision

The House of Representatives rejected a measure Tuesday afternoon that would have swiftly mandated collision avoidance systems on every plane in the US. Supporters have advocated for the ROTOR Act, ...

NTSB, families of midair collision victims pressure Congress over bill that “falls s

Members of the National Transportation Safety Board sent a letter to four high-ranking Congressmen this week, expressing ...

Chain of errors led to deadly midair collision near Washington, DC, that killed 67, investigators conclude

Multiple failures across different parts of the government caused an Army Black Hawk helicopter to collide with an American Airlines regional jet, the National Transportation Safety Board concluded in ...
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Investigators say deadly midair collision near DC followed years of ignored warnings about traffic

WASHINGTON (AP) — National Transportation Safety Board members were deeply troubled Tuesday over years of ignored warnings about helicopter traffic dangers and other problems, long before an American ...

Grieving families press Congress on aviation safety reforms after midair collision near DC

Key senators and the families of the 67 dead in an airliner collision with an Army helicopter near the nation’s capital are convinced that advanced aircraft locator systems recommended by experts for ...

House to vote on mandatory locator technology for aircraft following fatal collision

The House will vote on a bill mandating locator technology for aircraft to prevent collisions, following a deadly incident ...
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NTSB Issues Recommendations After Fatal D.C. Collision

Investigators push for adoption and use of ADS-B Out and In.

Bill requiring aircraft locator systems that NTSB recommends to prevent midair collisions fails

The House failed to approve a bill Tuesday that was crafted after last year’s tragic midair collision near Washington D.C. to ...