Black Hawk’s advanced security system not on at time of Potomac plane crash: Ted Cruz

Published February 7, 2025 5:28pm ET



Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said Thursday that the Army Black Hawk helicopter involved in last month’s midair collision with an American Airlines flight didn’t have an advanced tracking system enabled.

The system, the automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast, or ADS-B, would’ve enabled air traffic control to track the aircraft with much greater accuracy.

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