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The prime US senator overseeing aviation says he’ll introduce a bill that “will close the regulatory loophole” that allowed an Army Black Hawk helicopter to function with key flight tracking technology, known as ADS-B out, turned off the evening it collided with an airliner close to Washington, DC.
Sen. Ted Cruz, rating chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, made the announcement Tuesday at an aviation trade summit solely miles from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport the place the January 29 crash killed 67 individuals.
Cruz has been sharply vital of Army practices for the reason that crash, which he mentioned was given an excessive amount of leeway by the Federal Aviation Administration to function with the flight tracking technology gear, known as ADS-B out turned off.
The technology broadcasts the placement of a transferring plane to different planes close by and might replace a lot quicker than conventional radar.
Cruz mentioned his Rotorcraft Operations Transparency and Oversight Reform bill, or ROTOR Act, may even “review helicopter routes at airports across the country” and would require the Army inspector basic to “review systemic breakdowns that may have contributed to the crash.”
Later this month, the National Transportation Safety Board will maintain a three-day investigative listening to on the crash.