Senator Ted Cruz, the chairman of the committee with oversight of transportation, said there was no compelling reason for the technology not to have been in use when the helicopter collided with a ...

Senator Ted Cruz, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, is introducing a new bill that would "close the regulatory loophole" that allows military aircraft to turn off key flight tracking ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army helicopter that collided with an American Airlines plane killing 67 people last week had turned off an advanced surveillance system that has been hailed for making airspace ...

On *** typical morning you'd see planes right over my shoulder here making their way into Reagan National Airport. That's the same flight path that that plane and helicopter crashed last night on. Now ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aftermath of American Eagle flight 5342 crash in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport WASHINGTON ...

Airways has become one of the best modes of transportation these days. It is the fastest way to travel between two states or even two countries. In fact, there are passenger jets like the Bombardier ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Army helicopter that collided with a passenger jet last week in Washington had its tracking technology turned off at the time of the crash, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz told ...

WASHINGTON — Technology that would have allowed air traffic controllers to better track the movement of an Army helicopter before it collided with a passenger jet over the Potomac River last week was ...