Crash Warning as Report into DC Disaster at Reagan Airport Is Released
Federal detectives have actually raised issues of a potential for another deadly aircraft crash at Reagan National Airport, after a midair collision earlier this year eliminated 67.
The National Transportation Safety Board provided an upgrade on their examination into the cause of the disaster which occurred on January 29 in Washington.
An American Airlines jetliner and a Black Hawk military helicopter collided in midair over the Potomac River, eliminating everyone on board both airplanes.
As part of a preliminary report launched on Tuesday, detectives raised concerns of more accidents involving helicopters at the airport.
NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy stated: 'We remain worried about the considerable capacity for future mid-air crash at DCA.'
Her concerns revolve around Transport Secretary Sean Duffy moving to limit helicopter traffic around the area, however that is set to stop at the end of the month.
When police, medical or governmental transportation helicopters should utilize the space civilian aircrafts are stopped from being in the same location.
Homendy said the NTSB is now recommending that the FAA find a 'permanent solution' for detours for helicopters when 2 of the airport's runways remain in use.
Emergency units react after a passenger airplane collided with a helicopter in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia
Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Bureau (NTSB) Jennifer Homendy speaks to reporters about the 29 January mid-air collision
It was also exposed on Tuesday that there was cautioning check in the lead up to the fatal catastrophe.
Those probing the crash went through 944,179 operations between October 2021 and December 2024.
Federal detectives have actually raised issues of a potential for another deadly aircraft crash at Reagan National Airport, after a midair collision earlier this year eliminated 67.
The National Transportation Safety Board provided an upgrade on their examination into the cause of the disaster which occurred on January 29 in Washington.
An American Airlines jetliner and a Black Hawk military helicopter collided in midair over the Potomac River, eliminating everyone on board both airplanes.
As part of a preliminary report launched on Tuesday, detectives raised concerns of more accidents involving helicopters at the airport.
NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy stated: 'We remain worried about the considerable capacity for future mid-air crash at DCA.'
Her concerns revolve around Transport Secretary Sean Duffy moving to limit helicopter traffic around the area, however that is set to stop at the end of the month.
When police, medical or governmental transportation helicopters should utilize the space civilian aircrafts are stopped from being in the same location.
Homendy said the NTSB is now recommending that the FAA find a 'permanent solution' for detours for helicopters when 2 of the airport's runways remain in use.
Emergency units react after a passenger airplane collided with a helicopter in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia
Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Bureau (NTSB) Jennifer Homendy speaks to reporters about the 29 January mid-air collision
It was also exposed on Tuesday that there was cautioning check in the lead up to the fatal catastrophe.
Those probing the crash went through 944,179 operations between October 2021 and December 2024.