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A former Washington DC air traffic controller on duty the night of the fatal January 2025 mid-air collision involving anSunday, revealing how controllers had identified safety concerns and staffers were forced to keep Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport moving, even though its capacity was being stretched.
Emily Hanoka, a former air traffic controller at Ronald Reagan National Airport, revealed the ‘warning signs were already there’ before the deadly January 2025 crashHanoka, who clocked off just hours before the smash over the Potomac River that killed 67, said safety recommendations were made – but they never went too far. Oil heir ordered to pay historic $1.1B after brutally attacking toddler stepson, putting him in wheelchair“Controllers formed local safety councils and every time that a controller made these safety reports, another controller was compiling data to back up the recommendation. And many recommendations were made, and they never went too far,” she said. Air traffic controllers were tasked with keeping the airport moving – even though 800 flights a day would take off from its main runway. “Some hours are overloaded, to the point where it’s over the capacity that the airport can handle,” she said. Controllers were forced to rely on a squeeze play – a highly-precise operation where planes take off and land within seconds of each other on just one runway. “This is what has to happen, in order to make this airspace work. And it did work. It worked until it didn’t,” Hanoka said.The American Airlines plane was approaching the airport’s runway 33 when it collided with the Black Hawk helicopter, which was traveling south, over the icy river.One of those involved an American Airlines plane that left Norfolk. Between 2021 and 2024, 85 near mid-air collisions were reported.Air traffic controllers are now required to use radar to ensure aircraft remains separated. “The tragedy over the Potomac one year ago revealed a startling truth: years of warning signs were missed, and the FAA needed dire reform,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said. The FAA’s move came after the National Transportation Safety Board concluded in its report that there was an “overreliance of visual separation.” Oil heir ordered to pay historic $1.1B after brutally attacking toddler stepson, putting him in wheelchairFormer NJ assemblyman, 56, killed in fiery car crashPentagon preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran — as Trump warned regime to ‘get serious’ about peace deal: report‘The World According to Garp’ actress Mary Beth Hurt dead at 79‘Love Story’ Ending Explained: Were JFK Jr and Carolyn Bessette Planning Their Divorce When Their Plane Crashed? “I’m So Sorry, Mommy”: Savannah Guthrie’s Teary ‘Today’ Apology To Her Missing Mother Will Break Your Heart Howie Mandel Sparks Tense Moment On ‘Live’ After Finding Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos’ Compliment Backhanded: “Like Saying, ‘You’re Smart For A Stupid Person’” Starbucks’ Hannah Montana Drink Flavor Fail Sends Fans Into Furious Frenzy: “Did We FORGET In The Show She HATES Raspberry”Emily Hanoka, a former air traffic controller at Ronald Reagan National Airport, revealed the 'warning signs were already there' before the deadly January 2025 crash Stream It Or Skip It: 'Jo Nesbø's Detective Hole' On Netflix, Where A Troubled Detective Tracks Down A Serial Killer Who Is Terrorizing Oslo
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