Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) debuted a bill on July 29 that would make changes to the way the Pentagon uses helicopters around busy airports, as well as prevent the Army from disengaging a critical location-transmitting technology that was inactive on the Black Hawk helicopter involved in January’s deadly midair collision near Washington.
Cruz unveiled the new legislation at a press conference one day before the beginning of a three-day National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) fact-finding hearing into the midair collision between a commercial airplane and an Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Jan. 29….
Ted Cruz Introduces Bill to Change Rules for Military Flights Near Airports After Deadly Midair Collision
