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Federal private investigators have actually raised issues of a capacity for another fatal aircraft crash at Reagan National Airport, after a midair crash earlier this year eliminated 67.

The National Transportation Safety Board provided an upgrade on their investigation into the reason for the catastrophe 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 everybody on board both aircrafts.

As part of an initial report released on Tuesday, investigators raised concerns of more crashes involving helicopters at the airport.

NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy stated: 'We stay worried about the considerable capacity for future mid-air collision at DCA.'

Her issues revolve around Transport Secretary Sean Duffy relocating to limit helicopter traffic around the location, but that is set to cease at the end of the month.

When police, medical or governmental transport helicopters must use the space civilian airplanes are stopped from being in the exact same location.

Homendy said the NTSB is now recommending that the FAA discover a 'long-term service' for detours for helicopters when 2 of the airport's runways are in usage.

Emergency units respond after a traveler 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 accident

It was likewise revealed on Tuesday that there was warning check in the lead up to the fatal catastrophe.

Those probing the crash went through 944,179 operations between October 2021 and December 2024.

It was revealed that 15,214 'near-miss events' of airplanes getting alerts about helicopters remaining in close proximity in between October 2021 and December 2024.

The NTSB likewise said that there were 85 cases where 2 airplane where laterally divided by less than 1,500 feet, and a vertical separation of less than 200 feet.

Homendy added: 'That information from October 2021 through December 2024, (the FAA) could have used that info whenever to identify that we have a pattern here and a problem here, and looked at that route; that didn't take place, which is why we're taking action today. But unfortunately, individuals lost lives, and loved ones are grieving.'

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy knocked these findings at a later press conference on Tuesday.

Duffy stated: 'I believe the concern is when this data comes in how did the FAA not know. How did they not study the information to say "hi, this is a hot area, we are having near misses and if we don't change our methods we are gon na lose lives".'

He added: 'That wasn't done, possibly there was a concentrate on something aside from security.'

Duffy would later on included when questioned by a reporter about the near misses out on that the data had 'p *** ed him off'.

Pictured: Parts of the wreckage seen sitting in the Potomac River after Flight 5342 clashed with an Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night, eliminating 67 individuals

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Investigators think that the helicopter associated with the crash might have had unreliable altitude readings in the minutes before the crash.

The collision likely happened at an altitude simply under 300 feet, as the airplane came down toward the chopper, which was above its 200-foot limit for that area.

On Tuesday American Airlines welcomed the report by the NTSB, saying: 'We're grateful for the National Transportation Safety Board's immediate safety suggestions to limit helicopter traffic near DCA and for its thorough examination.

'We will continue to coordinate carefully with PSA Airlines as it complies as an investigative celebration member.'

The helicopter pilots may have likewise missed part of another communication, when the tower stated the jet was turning towards a different runway, Homendy said last month.

The helicopter was on a 'check' flight that night where the pilot was undergoing an annual test and a test on utilizing night vision goggles, Homendy stated.

Investigators think the crew was wearing night vision goggles throughout the flight.

The Army has said the Black Hawk crew was extremely experienced, and accustomed to the congested skies around the country ´ s capital.

At the time of the accident, a single air traffic controller was concurrently keeping track of both the helicopter and airplane traffic.

Those jobs are normally managed between 2 people from 10am till 9:30 pm, according to an early FAA report seen by The New york city Times.

Those tasks are typically managed between 2 individuals from 10am until 9:30 pm, according to the report.

Surveillance footage taken from inside the airport recorded the minute the 2 clashed in midair

At the time of the accident, a single air traffic controller was simultaneously monitoring both the helicopter and airplane traffic. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is seen here

After 9:30 pm the tasks are typically combined and left to a single person as the airport sees less traffic later on in the night.

A manager apparently decided to combine those tasks before the arranged cutoff time nevertheless, and permitted one air traffic controller to leave work early.

The FAA report stated that staffing setup 'was not regular for the time of day and volume of traffic'.

Reagan National has been understaffed for many years, with simply 19 completely licensed controllers since September 2023 - well listed below the target of 30 - according to the most current Air Traffic Controller Workforce Plan sent to Congress.

The situation appeared to have improved ever since, as a source told CNN the Reagan National control tower was 85 percent staffed with 24 of 28 positions filled.

Chronic understaffing at air traffic control service towers is absolutely nothing new, with popular causes including high turnover and spending plan cuts.

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In order to fill the gaps, controllers are frequently asked to work 10-hour days, 6 days a week.

After the release of the report, previous Inspector General of the US Department of Transportation Mary Schiavo deemed the findings as 'uncommon'.

She stated: 'This NTSB action is extremely uncommon. The release of an emergency recommendation asking for the FAA take immediate action, before the conclusion of the NTSB examination is unusual.'

The 2 aircraft had clashed in a big fireball that showed up on dashcams of vehicles driving on highways that snake around the airport, before plunging into the river.

Less than a month later, on February 17, a Delta passenger airplane crashed-landed upside down in disorderly scenes at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada.

Miraculously, everybody on board survived after being suspended upside-down by their seat belts for numerous minutes until they tentatively began evacuating.

The airplane had been heading to Toronto from Minneapolis - Saint Paul International Airport with 76 travelers and 4 team members on board.

Some 21 people were required to the medical facility for treatment to small injuries, and Delta has used each person a no-strings $30,000 payout in payment.

And the aircraft carnage is continuous - on Sunday, yet another jet crash-landed, this time in a parking area of a suburban Pennsylvania retirement community.

Dramatic footage revealed the Beechcraft A36TC erupt in flames in the parking lot of Brethren Village in Manheim Township. Five individuals were hurried to hospital.

Medics, ambulances, and emergency lorries rushed to the scene in Lancaster County as flames engulfed the aircraft and .

The aircraft took off as set up on Sunday afternoon, but quickly asked for to land back on the tarmac since its door had actually opened.

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