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fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago

Safety advocates say GOP effort won't mandate needed cockpit alarm

A bipartisan bill requiring real-time aircraft position monitoring in cockpits failed in the House by one vote despite Senate passage and broad support from safety advocates, pilot unions, and crash victim families.
fromWashingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
1 month ago

A Year After the DCA Midair Collision, Are Flights Safer? - Washingtonian

Since the collision on January 29, 2025, between an American Airlines flight from Wichita and a military helicopter on a training ride, military pilots have had to broadcast their precise GPS-based location data to other aircraft and to air traffic control, something they frequently skipped before the crash. The FAA has also barred all but the most essential helicopter traffic along the Potomac near the airport.
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