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Ted Cruz rolls out bill to prevent midair collisions six months after deadly DC plane crash
The NTSB previously said the FAA had failed to address 85 near-misses between airplanes and helicopters near DCA in the three years before the crash.
‘It’s going to be a gut punch’: Families of Flight 5342 brace for days-long NTSB investigative hearing
Wednesday, the National Transportation Safety Board will begin a three-day investigative hearing on the Jan. 29 mid-air ...
NTSB to hold 3 days of hearings on DCA mid-air collision that killed 67
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Legislation hopes to prevent another mid-air collision after fatal DC crash that killed 67
The Rotor Act calls for systems to allow aircraft to broadcast their real-time position to other aircraft and control towers.
NTSB hearing of Flight 5342 will be 'a gut punch'
Wednesday, the National Transportation Safety Board will begin a three-day investigative hearing on the Jan. 29 mid-air ...
Families of Washington, D.C. plane crash victims call for safer skies as near misses continue
There were 26 near misses in the three months following the DC mid-air crash, the Hearst Television Data Team found. About 40% involved a helicopter. Here's what else we learned: ...
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NTSB hearings on Army helicopter-passenger jet crash near Washington begin Wednesday
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold three days of hearings on the fatal midair collision between a passenger ...
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Southwest flight out of Burbank abruptly descends to avoid mid-air crash with other plane
A Southwest flight out of Burbank rapidly descended 475 feet to avoid another plane on Friday, according to flight tracking ...
Southwest passenger describes moment plane took a nosedive
Fox News correspondent Christina Coleman reports on the Southwest flight that nosedived to avid a possible mid-air collision ...
Southwest flight abruptly descends to avoid 'mid-air collision' with another plane
The incident occurred about six minutes after Southwest flight 1496 took off from Hollywood Burbank Airport in Los Angeles ...
Two Southwest flight attendants hurt after jet dives to avoid mid-air collision
Two flight attendants on a Southwest Airlines flight departing Burbank, California, were injured on Friday after pilots took evasive action to dodge another aircraft on takeoff, the airline said.