The House on April 14 passed a critical aviation safety bill aimed at preventing future midair collisions such as the one that occurred over Washington’s Potomac River in January 2025.
Backed by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and several industry groups, the ALERT Act would require most aircraft operating around busy U.S. airports to include critical location transmitting devices to allow pilots to see where other nearby aircraft are.
The NTSB has been recommending the technology, known as Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), since 2008. The midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter in January 2025 could have been prevented with ADS-B, NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy has said in multiple hearings since the crash, which killed all 67 people on board the two aircraft….
House Passes Aviation Safety Bill Aimed at Preventing Midair Collisions
