Several helicopter flights, including one that forced a plane to abort a landing just a day before the fatal collision, have raised concerns about military training near Reagan National Airport. The FAA is investigating the incident and the staffing levels at the air traffic control tower during the crash.
Military helicopter flights forced at least two planes to abort landings at Reagan National Airport in the week before a deadly collision presumably killed 67 people on Wednesday, according to a report.On Tuesday night, just one day before the collision between an American Airlines flight and an Army Black Hawk helicopter, a different plane alerted the air traffic control tower that it had to abort its landing to avoid collision with a helicopter, the Washington Post reported.
The Washington Post story cited a 2023 Government Accountability Office report to Congress that found 50 entities operated roughly 88,000 helicopter flights within 30 miles of DCA between 2017 and 2019, citing FAA data. DC PLANE CRASH DISASTER: CREW CHIEF, 1 PILOT OF DOOMED ARMY BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER IDENTIFIEDRegulators have attempted to define safe paths for military helicopters to fly without interfering with commercial flights landing or taking off at the airport.
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