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Federal detectives have actually raised issues of a capacity for another lethal airplane crash at Reagan National Airport, after a midair accident previously this year eliminated 67.

The National Transportation Safety Board offered an upgrade on their examination into the reason for 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 everyone on board both airplanes.

As part of a preliminary report released on Tuesday, private investigators raised issues of more crashes 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 focus on Transport Secretary Sean Duffy relocating to restrict helicopter traffic around the location, however that is set to stop at the end of the month.

When authorities, medical or governmental transportation helicopters must utilize the area civilian planes are stopped from remaining in the same area.

Homendy said the NTSB is now suggesting that the FAA discover a 'long-term service' for alternate routes for helicopters when two of the airport's runways remain in usage.

Emergency units respond 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 talks to reporters about the 29 January mid-air crash

It was also exposed on Tuesday that there was cautioning check in the lead up to the fatal disaster.

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

It was revealed that 15,214 'near-miss occasions' of planes getting informs about helicopters being in close distance in between October 2021 and December 2024.

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

Homendy added: 'That data from October 2021 through December 2024, (the FAA) might have utilized that info whenever to identify that we have a pattern here and a problem here, and looked at that route; that didn't happen, which is why we're taking action today. But unfortunately, people lost lives, and liked ones are grieving.'

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy slammed these findings at a later interview on Tuesday.

Duffy stated: 'I think the question is when this information comes in how did the FAA not . How did they not study the data to state "hello, this is a hot spot, we are having near misses and if we do not change our methods we are gon na lose lives".'

He included: 'That wasn't done, perhaps there was a focus on something besides security.'

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

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

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Investigators believe that the helicopter associated with the crash may have had inaccurate elevation readings in the minutes before the crash.

The accident likely occurred at an altitude simply under 300 feet, as the airplane descended towards 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 security recommendations to restrict helicopter traffic near DCA and for its extensive examination.

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

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

The helicopter was on a 'check' flight that night where the pilot was undergoing a yearly test and a test on using night vision safety glasses, Homendy stated.

Investigators believe 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 collision, a single air traffic controller was all at once monitoring both the helicopter and airplane traffic.

Those jobs are usually managed between two individuals from 10am until 9:30 pm, according to an early FAA report seen by The New York Times.

Those tasks are typically handled in between two people from 10am until 9:30 pm, according to the report.

Surveillance video drawn from inside the airport captured the minute the two clashed in midair

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

After 9:30 pm the responsibilities are usually combined and left to one person as the airport sees less traffic later on in the night.

A manager supposedly chose to integrate those tasks before the set up cutoff time however, and permitted one air traffic controller to leave work early.

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

Reagan National has been understaffed for several years, with just 19 fully accredited controllers as of September 2023 - well listed below the target of 30 - according to the most recent Air Traffic Controller Workforce Plan submitted to Congress.

The situation appeared to have enhanced 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 well-known causes consisting of high turnover and budget cuts.

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In order to fill the gaps, controllers are often asked to work 10-hour days, six 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 said: 'This NTSB action is highly uncommon. The release of an emergency situation recommendation asking for the FAA take immediate action, before the completion of the NTSB investigation is uncommon.'

The two airplane had actually collided in a big fireball that was visible on dashcams of cars driving on highways that snake around the airport, before plunging into the river.

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

Miraculously, everybody on board endured after being suspended upside-down by their seatbelts for several minutes till they tentatively started leaving.

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

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

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

Dramatic video showed the Beechcraft A36TC emerge in flames in the car park of Brethren Village in Manheim Township. Five individuals were hurried to healthcare facility.

Medics, ambulances, and emergency vehicles rushed to the scene in Lancaster County as flames swallowed up the plane and neighboring automobiles.

The airplane took off as scheduled on Sunday afternoon, however quickly requested to land back on the tarmac due to the fact that its door had actually opened.

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