A board meeting of the National Transportation Safety Board in Washington, Jan. 27. Al Drago/Pool/Associated Press Crafted as a response to the deadly midair collision that occurred over the Potomac River in January 2025, the final version of the Rotor Act included language requested by the Pentagon to make certain the legislation wouldn't impede its ability to conduct sensitive flight missions without being tracked or being overly costly to implement ("Air-Safety Bill Fails in House After Pentagon Pressure," U.

Nearly a year after 67 people were killed in a midair collision in the skies above the nation's capital, all but the most critical helicopter flights near Reagan National Airport have been banned.

A collision between a U. S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet killed 67 people in January 2025 Investigators have uncovered numerous factors that contributed to a U.