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Ted Cruz rolls out bill to prevent midair collisions six months after deadly DC plane crash
The NTSB previously said the FAA had failed to address 85 near-misses between airplanes and helicopters near DCA in the three years before the crash.
Families of Washington, D.C. plane crash victims call for safer skies as near misses continue
There were 26 near misses in the three months following the DC mid-air crash, the Hearst Television Data Team found. About 40% involved a helicopter. Here's what else we learned: ...
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Sen. Cruz announces legislation focused on preventing mid-air collisions
Sen. Ted Cruz has introduced legislation making changes to military aircraft operating without certain technology. This comes ...
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NTSB hearings on Army helicopter-passenger jet crash near Washington begin Wednesday
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold three days of hearings on the fatal midair collision between a passenger ...
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Kerala man killed in aircraft crash in Canada, second such death in July
An Indian national, Gautam Santhosh from Kerala, was killed in a commercial survey plane crash in Canada's Newfoundland. The ...
Southwest Airlines jet abruptly dives to avoid mid-air collision
Officials say a Southwest Airlines pilot had to make an evasive maneuver to avoid a British-owned fighter jet while on a ...
Southwest passenger: ‘Entire plane was screaming’ during close call
A passenger who was on board the Southwest Airlines flight that was forced to make a mid-air maneuver to avoid a collision ...
Southwest plane from Burbank drops 475 feet to avoid mid-air collision
A Southwest flight out of Burbank rapidly descended 475 feet to avoid another plane on Friday, according to flight tracking ...
Southwest passenger describes moment plane took a nosedive
Fox News correspondent Christina Coleman reports on the Southwest flight that nosedived to avid a possible mid-air collision ...
Southwest flight abruptly descends to avoid 'mid-air collision' with another plane
The incident occurred about six minutes after Southwest flight 1496 took off from Hollywood Burbank Airport in Los Angeles ...
Two Southwest flight attendants hurt after jet dives to avoid mid-air collision
Two flight attendants on a Southwest Airlines flight departing Burbank, California, were injured on Friday after pilots took evasive action to dodge another aircraft on takeoff, the airline said.