Crash Warning as Report into DC Disaster at Reagan Airport Is Released
Federal private investigators have actually raised issues of a potential for another deadly aircraft crash at Reagan National Airport, after a midair accident previously this year killed 67.
The National Transportation Safety Board offered an update on their examination into the cause of the disaster which happened on January 29 in Washington.
An American Airlines jetliner and a Black Hawk military helicopter collided in midair over the Potomac River, eliminating everybody on board both airplanes.
As part of an initial report launched on Tuesday, private investigators raised concerns of more collisions involving helicopters at the airport.
NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy stated: 'We remain concerned about the considerable potential for future mid-air accident at DCA.'
Her issues focus on Transport Secretary Sean Duffy relocating to limit helicopter traffic around the area, however that is set to stop at the end of the month.
When police, medical or presidential transportation helicopters need to utilize the area civilian planes are stopped from being in the same area.
Homendy said the NTSB is now advising that the FAA find a 'permanent option' for alternate paths for helicopters when two of the airport's runways are in usage.
Emergency systems respond after a passenger airplane hit 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 talks to reporters about the 29 January mid-air collision
It was also revealed on Tuesday that there was alerting indications in the lead up to the lethal disaster.
Those penetrating the crash went through 944,179 operations between October 2021 and December 2024.
Federal private investigators have actually raised issues of a potential for another deadly aircraft crash at Reagan National Airport, after a midair accident previously this year killed 67.
The National Transportation Safety Board offered an update on their examination into the cause of the disaster which happened on January 29 in Washington.
An American Airlines jetliner and a Black Hawk military helicopter collided in midair over the Potomac River, eliminating everybody on board both airplanes.
As part of an initial report launched on Tuesday, private investigators raised concerns of more collisions involving helicopters at the airport.
NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy stated: 'We remain concerned about the considerable potential for future mid-air accident at DCA.'
Her issues focus on Transport Secretary Sean Duffy relocating to limit helicopter traffic around the area, however that is set to stop at the end of the month.
When police, medical or presidential transportation helicopters need to utilize the area civilian planes are stopped from being in the same area.
Homendy said the NTSB is now advising that the FAA find a 'permanent option' for alternate paths for helicopters when two of the airport's runways are in usage.
Emergency systems respond after a passenger airplane hit 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 talks to reporters about the 29 January mid-air collision
It was also revealed on Tuesday that there was alerting indications in the lead up to the lethal disaster.
Those penetrating the crash went through 944,179 operations between October 2021 and December 2024.
