The U.S. House will vote next week on sweeping aviation safety reforms designed to implement dozens of recommendations issued after a January 2025 collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk that killed 67 people. The measure aims to convert investigators' findings into statutory safety fixes.
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Implements dozens of NTSB recommendations from the Jan. 2025 midair collision that killed 67, moving investigator remedies from report to potential law (see the NTSB final report and recommendations) [source:81b19afa-af48-404e-82fc-66b9f14a677e]
A House vote follows committee-level progress and could codify changes affecting airspace design, ATC procedures and equipment requirements for commercial and military rotorcraft; background includes recent committee approvals and FAA operational rule changes such as ending visual "see-and-avoid" in busy terminal airspace [source:b1bf93b4-cd08-4968-aa4b-49ecbf0fc57f] [source:ce5aaf31-d3b4-4b53-a06d-5bbcd7679d81]
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