A U.S. Senate panel approved aviation safety legislation on Tuesday to require the use of advanced aircraft-tracking technology, after the January collision of an American Airlines regional jet and an Army helicopter that killed 67 people.
The legislation would mandate that all civilian aircraft, as well as military helicopters near civilian planes, be equipped with ADS-B technology by the end of 2031. It would also boost the oversight of mixed jet and helicopter traffic and flight routes near commercial service airports.
The Army Black Hawk helicopter in the fatal crash was not using ADS-B, or automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast, an advanced surveillance technology that transmits an aircraft’s location.
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