US Senate committee to hold hearing with NTSB chair on deadly mid-air collision

WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee plans to hold a Feb. 12 hearing with the head of the National Transportation Safety Board after the agency found a series of systemic failures by the Federal Aviation Administration led to a devastating mid-air collision that killed 67 people last year, the committee said.

The January 2025 collision between an American Airlines AAL.Oregional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) was the deadliest U.S. aviation disaster since November 2001. The panel is set to hear testimony from NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy as lawmakers seek to win approval of an air safety reform bill that has stalled in the U.S. House.