The Army helicopter that collided with a passenger jet last week in Washington had its tracking technology turned off at the time of the crash, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz told the New York Times. The technology allows air traffic controllers to better track the movement of an aircraft.

Senator Ted Cruz, the chairman of the committee with oversight of transportation, said there was no compelling reason for the technology not to have been in use when the helicopter collided with a commercial jet over the Potomac River.

WASHINGTON — Officials said that all on board the American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter from Fort Belvoir army base were killed when the helicopter collided on Jan. 29.

All 67 people aboard an American Eagle flight from Kansas and an Army helicopter were killed in a collision Wednesday night over the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, officials said.

The Army on Friday released the names of two male aviators who were killed when their Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines regional jet on Wednesday night. But in an extraordinary step, the Army did not identify the third crew member, a female pilot, citing her family’s request for privacy.

After American Airlines Flight 5342 and a U.S. Army helicopter collided mid-air, officials share insight into the respective pilots’ communication with air traffic control.

Investigators released new details regarding the U.S. Army helicopter that collided with American Airlines Flight 5342

An American Airlines jet hit an Army helicopter carrying three soldiers as the plane got ready to land at Reagan National. The two aircraft went into the Potomac River outside