US EditionGrieving families press Congress on aviation safety reforms after midair collision near DC
Senators and victim families urge adoption of both ADS-B out and in systems to prevent collisions, with 67 lives lost in the 2025 crash near busy airports, cost remains a barrier.
- The collision of an airliner with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C. killed 67 people, and senators and victims' families advocate for requiring aircraft to have Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast systems to prevent such tragedies.
- The pilots of the airliner may have been able to avoid the collision if the plane had an ADS-B in system to receive location data from the helicopter's ADS-B out system, which was not functioning properly.
- While upgrade costs are a concern, especially for regional airlines, portable ADS-B receiving devices costing a few hundred dollars are widely used by private pilots, and grieving families believe the human cost justifies mandating the technology.
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Grieving families press Congress on aviation safety reforms after midair collision near DC
Key senators and the families of the 67 people who died when an airliner collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., are convinced advanced aircraft locator systems that experts have been recommending for decades would have prevented the crash.
Grieving families press Congress on aviation safety reforms
Key senators and the families of the 67 people who died when an airliner collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., are convinced advanced aircraft locator systems that experts have been recommending for decades would have prevented the crash
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Grieving families press Congress on aviation safety reforms after midair collision near DC - The Morning Sun
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