US Senate Committee to Hold Hearing with NTSB Chair on Deadly Mid-Air Collision

US Senate committee to hold hearing with NTSB chair on deadly mid-air collision

WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee plans to ‍hold a Feb. 12 hearing with the head of the National Transportation Safety Board after the agency ‌found a series ‌of systemic failures by the Federal Aviation Administration led to a devastating mid-air collision ​that killed 67 people last year, the ‍committee said. The ​January 2025 collision between ​an American Airlines regional jet ‍and an Army Black Hawk helicopter…

"100% Preventable": FAA Accepts Its Failures Led To Fatal Midair Collision Near Reagan National Airport

"100% Preventable": FAA Accepts Its Failures Led To Fatal Midair Collision Near Reagan National Airport Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Bryan Bedford said on Feb. 1 that the agency accepts the findings of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) that a series of systemic failures by the FAA led to a January 2025 midair collision, the deadliest U.S. aviation disaster in more t…

FAA Accepts Its Failures Led to Fatal Midair Collision Near Reagan National Airport: Bedford

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Bryan Bedford said on Feb. 1 that the agency accepts the findings of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) that a series of systemic failures by the FAA led to a January 2025 midair collision, the deadliest U.S. aviation disaster in more than two decades. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an aviation conference in Singapore, Bedford said the FAA did not dispute the NTSB’s conc…

FAA chief acknowledges failures in midair crash that killed 67

It was the deadliest plane crash on U.S. soil since 2001

UPDATE 1-FAA chief accepts failures in deadly mid-air collision

UPDATE 1-FAA chief accepts failures in deadly mid-air collision U.S. Federal Aviation Administration head Bryan Bedford said his agency accepted findings by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board that a series of systemic failures by the FAA led to a devastating mid-air collision that killed 67 people last year. The ​January 2025 collision between an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washi…

Hollywood airport favored by celebrities could be site of next plane disaster: officials

Air transportation safety officials are sounding alarms about potential safety issues at Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR) in the Los Angeles area.The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) held a meeting last week related to the collision in January 2025 of an American Airlines flight and a Black Hawk helicopter in the Potomac River.At the hearing, NTSB board chair Jennifer Homendy spoke about airspaces of concern, specifically mentioning th…