US Senate Committee set to vote on aviation safety legislation next week

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee is set to vote on October 21 on aviation safety legislation after a fatal January crash between an American Airlines regional jet and an Army helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport killed 67 people. The committee is set to take up legislation sponsored by Senate Commerce Committee chair Ted Cruz and several other senators to require the use of ADS-B, an advanced aircraft-tracking technology, by military helicopters near civilian planes and the use of ADS-B for all civilian aircraft. The helicopter involved in the accident was not using ADS-B at the time of the January collision. Cruz is working with Senator Maria Cantwell in a bid to reach bipartisan agreement on aviation safety legislation ahead of the hearing, aides to both senators said. (Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Nia Williams)

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