Texas Sen. Ted Cruz questions the FAA, US Army and NTSB over deadly midair collision in DC

If investigators were able to quickly find alarming data about the number of close calls in the years before the midair collision over the nation’s capital that killed 67 people in January, then aviation safety regulators should have seen the problem, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board told Congress on Thursday.

NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said there clearly was an issue with identifying trends in the data the Federal Aviation Administration collects.

Congress delved deeper into the deadly crash during a Senate committee hearing that was underway Thursday morning.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said he found it “deeply disturbing” to learn the Secret Service and U.S. Navy triggered a rash of collision alarms in planes around Ronald Reagan National Airport on March 1 because they were testing anti-drone technology that used a similar frequency to the one used by planes’ warning systems. Cruz said that happened despite a warning from the Federal Aviation Administration against doing it.

The FAA’s acting administrator told the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation that he knows the agency must make improvements to ensure flying remains the safest form of transportation.

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