WASHINGTON: A bipartisan group of US House lawmakers on Thursday proposed legislation to address 50 aviation safety recommendations issued after a year-long investigation into the January 2025 collision between an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter that killed 67 people.
The chairs of the House Transportation and Infrastructure and Armed Services committees and the panel’s top Democrats said the bill aims to address a series of issues, including deficiencies in the FAA’s safety culture, enhancing air traffic control training and procedures, and strengthening safety of airspace around Reagan Washington National Airport, where the fatal collision occurred last year.
The US House is separately set to vote Monday on the ROTOR Act, legislation passed by the US Senate unanimously in December that would require aircraft operators to equip their fleets with a safety system known as the automatic-dependent-surveillance-broadcast system, or ADS-B, by the end of 2031.