Archive · 12 Dec 2025
Senators push to revise defense bill helicopter safety
Two senators, one from each major political party, want to change a big military spending bill.
They want to make helicopters safer after a very bad accident in January.
In that accident, a passenger plane and a military helicopter crashed, and many people died.
The senators want to remove the current helicopter rules from the bill and add stricter ones to prevent such accidents in the future.
Senators Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell proposed an amendment to the defense bill.
The amendment aims to replace current military helicopter safety language with tougher requirements.
The proposal follows a fatal collision between an American Airlines plane and an Army Black Hawk in January.
The incident resulted in 67 deaths near Reagan Washington National Airport.
The senators are pushing for these changes to bolster military helicopter safety.
- Who
- Senators Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell
- What
- Proposed amendment to revise defense bill for helicopter safety
- When
- December 11
- Where
- Washington, D.C.
- Why
- To bolster military helicopter safety after a fatal collision
- Senators Involved
- Ted Cruz (Republican), Maria Cantwell (Democrat)
- Committee
- Senate Commerce Committee
- Incident
- Fatal collision between American Airlines and Army Black Hawk in January
- Casualties
- 67 people killed
- Location
- Near Reagan Washington National Airport
- Proposed Action
- Amendment to strike and replace military helicopter language in defense bill