Testifying for the first time in front of the Senate Subcommittee on Aviation, acting Federal Aviation Administrator Chris Rocheleau admitted that "something was missed."

The FAA missed a deadline for responding to questions from Maryland’s U.S. senators, who have expressed lingering safety concerns since a midair plane crash in January.

A Delta Air flight headed to MN narrowly avoided a collision with a U.S. military jet after takeoff from Washington National Airport on Friday.

FAA acting head Chris Rocheleau said that "clearly something was missed" by the agency before the fatal Potomac River midair collision.

The agency’s acting director told senators of the new policy after it was revealed that tracking technology had been disabled before a deadly midair collision in January.

Congress is holding a hearing Thursday about the January collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter that killed all 67 people aboard both aircraft.

The acting FAA chief and others faced questions from senators following the midair collision in January that took 67 lives.

Hearing on the preliminary findings on the crash involving a plane and an army helicopter. Release date: 27 March 2025