New Bipartisan Bill Outlines NTSB Recommendations To Improve Aviation Safety The Airspace Location and Enhanced Risk Transparency (ALERT) Act of 2026, a House bill responding to the 2025 midair collision of a commercial airliner and an Army Black Hawk helicopter, addresses 50 safety-related recommendations issued by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which concluded its thorough investigation and issued its final report on February 17, 2026. The bill comes from bipartisan leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the House Armed Services Committee. It is the comprehensive legislative response to the various aviation safety issues raised by the 2025 midair collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and a UH-60 Army Black Hawk helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). The bill summary says it is to “require certain aircraft to be equipped with collision-mitigation technology, to improve helicopter route safety and separation around airports, to update air traffic control processes and procedures, to address national airspace system safety in Department of Defense activities.”
