House Passes Aviation Safety Bill Aimed at Preventing Midair Collisions

The bill won overwhelming support in the lower chamber, passing in a 396–10 vote.

A plane takes off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as Roberto Marquez of Dallas places flowers at a memorial of crosses he erected for the 67 victims of a midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines jet, on Feb. 1, 2025, in Arlington, Va. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

The House on April 14 passed a critical aviation safety bill aimed at preventing future midair collisions such as the one that occurred over Washington’s Potomac River in January 2025.

Backed by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and several industry groups, the Airspace Location and Enhanced Risk Transparency (ALERT) Act would require most aircraft operating around busy U.S. airports to include critical location transmitting devices to allow pilots to see where other nearby aircraft are.