{"id":2468380,"date":"2025-07-29T17:46:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T21:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-rolls-out-bill-preventing-midair-collisions-after-dc-plane-crash\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T17:48:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T21:48:30","slug":"cruz-rolls-out-bill-preventing-midair-collisions-after-dc-plane-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-rolls-out-bill-preventing-midair-collisions-after-dc-plane-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruz rolls out bill preventing midair collisions after DC plane crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcruz-rolls-out-bill-preventing-midair-collisions-after-dc-plane-crash%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2468380&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced a bill aimed at preventing midair collisions six months after a deadly crash near Washington, D.C., involving a Black Hawk helicopter and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/european-regulator-to-lift-boeing-737-max-grounding-in-january\/\" title=\"European regulator to lift Boeing 737 MAX grounding in January\">passenger jet<\/a> that killed 67 people. The proposed legislation would require all military flights to have anticollision technology installed and mandate that the Army keep ADS-B Out and ADS-B In signals active at all times. This <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >technology transmits crucial flight data independently<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/search-and-rescue-teams-at-site-of-indonesian-plane-crash\/\" title=\"Search and rescue teams at site of Indonesian plane ...\">air traffic control<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The January 29 crash was believed to have occurred as the helicopter was not broadcasting ADS-B data, which had previously been allowed to be turned off during sensitive missions with commander approval. Cruz emphasized that safety should have no exceptions for military flights in congested airspace.<\/p>\n<p>At a press conference, Cruz was joined by Transportation Secretary sean Duffy, NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy, and families of the victims. The NTSB is continuing its investigation and will hold hearings on related air traffic and safety issues. The FAA responded to the crash by banning certain helicopter routes.<\/p>\n<p>American Airlines expressed support for the bill, hoping it would improve aviation safety. Several Republican senators co-sponsored the legislation, highlighting a bipartisan effort to enhance airspace safety and prevent similar tragedies.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ted Cruz rolls out bill to prevent midair collisions six months after deadly DC plane crash<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2183577\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ted-cruz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ted Cruz\">Ted Cruz<\/a> (R-TX) on Tuesday introduced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/legislation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ted Cruz\">bill<\/a> to prevent midair collisions, six months to the date after a Black Hawk helicopter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3305147\/potomac-plane-crash-rescue-operation-underway-near-reagan-airport-apparent-helicopter-collision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"crashed\">crashed<\/a> into a passenger jet approaching Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, killing 67 people.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commerce.senate.gov\/services\/files\/4D769D21-8592-4F07-A401-E80F036CB14E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"legislation\">legislation<\/a> aims to mandate the installation of anticollision technology on all military flights and require the Army to keep ADS-B Out and ADS-B In signals on at all times. Operating independently of air traffic control, the system broadcasts the aircraft&rsquo;s position, altitude, speed, and other data.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3485015\/josh-hawley-bill-provide-600-rebate-tariff-revenue\/\">Hawley introduces bill to provide at least a $600 rebate to people with tariff revenue<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3484677\/gop-little-appetite-relitigating-john-brennan-russiagate-claims\/\">GOP shows little appetite for relitigating John Brennan&#8217;s Russiagate claims<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3484665\/senate-gop-spending-bill-minibus-bipartisan-objections\/\">Senate GOP&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-gops-spending-bill-plan-runs-into-bipartisan-objections\/\" title=\"Senate GOP\u2019s spending bill plan runs into bipartisan objections\">spending bill plan runs<\/a> into bipartisan opposition<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>It is believed the Jan. 29 crash happened because the helicopter was not broadcasting ADS-B data. At the time of the accident, Army policy allowed crews to turn off the system in case of a sensitive or classified mission as long as the commander approved.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz, who chairs the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, said there should be no exceptions when airline safety is at risk.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We should not tolerate special exceptions for military training flights operating in congested airspace, no matter the circumstances,&rdquo; he said during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commerce.senate.gov\/2025\/7\/chairman-cruz-to-host-press-conference-on-new-aviation-safety-legislation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Tuesday press conference\">Tuesday press conference<\/a>. &ldquo;Any aircraft flying near commercial traffic must fully adhere to safety standards.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The senator was joined by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy. Two families of the victims were also in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Leaders became complacent, and we had warnings of near-misses in the D.C. airspace &mdash; unacceptable,&rdquo; Duffy said, adding that he is looking forward to working with Cruz and his Senate colleagues to get the bill passed.<\/p>\n<p>The NTSB is still investigating the cause of the accident, including whether the helicopter crew switched off the ADS-B technology.<\/p>\n<p>The independent agency is set to start a three-day hearing examining the January midair collision on Wednesday. The hearings will focus on military helicopter routes in the Washington area, anticollision technology, and training for air traffic controllers at Reagan National Airport, among other topics.<\/p>\n<p>The NTSB previously said the Federal Aviation Administration had failed to address 85 near-misses between airplanes and helicopters near Reagan National Airport in the three years before the crash. In response to the tragedy, the FAA banned helicopter routes, including the one on which the collision happened.<\/p>\n<p>Sixty passengers and four crew members died aboard American Airlines Flight 5342, which fell into the frigid Potomac River in late January. The two pilots and one crew chief on the Black Hawk also died.<\/p>\n<p>American Airlines praised Cruz&rsquo;s bill, hoping it could strengthen aviation safety.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3436332\/bipartisan-house-coalition-seeks-security-systems-defense-aircraft-deadly-dc-plane-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"BIPARTISAN HOUSE COALITION SEEKS UPGRADES TO ALL MILITARY AIRCRAFT AFTER DC CRASH\">BIPARTISAN HOUSE COALITION SEEKS UPGRADES TO ALL MILITARY AIRCRAFT AFTER DC CRASH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We continue to mourn the lives lost in the tragic accident involving Flight 5342, and we are grateful for Senator Cruz, Secretary Duffy, Members of Congress, and everyone involved for their work to make aviation and our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-blasts-broken-faa-system-as-spacex-launches-88-satellites\/\" title=\"Elon Musk Blasts \u2018Broken\u2019 FAA System As SpaceX Launches 88 Satellites\">national airspace<\/a> even safer,&rdquo; a company spokesperson said in a statement. &ldquo;American Airlines stands in strong support of these efforts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sens. Jerry Moran (R-KS), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Ted Budd (R-NC), Shelly Moore Capito (R-WV), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Tim Sheehy (R-MT), and Todd Young (R-IN) co-sponsored the bill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2183577\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2183577\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ted Cruz proposes bill to prevent midair collisions after DC crash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2468381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DCA.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[38144,4105,4762,60210],"class_list":["post-2468380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-aviation-safety","tag-cruz","tag-legislation","tag-midair-collisions"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DCA.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2468380"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2468384,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468380\/revisions\/2468384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2468381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2468380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2468380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2468380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}