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Federal investigators have actually raised concerns of a potential for another crash at Reagan National Airport, after a midair collision previously this year killed 67.

The National Transportation Safety Board gave an update on their examination into the cause of the disaster which occurred on January 29 in Washington.

An American Airlines jetliner and a Black Hawk military helicopter clashed in midair over the Potomac River, eliminating everybody on board both airplanes.

As part of an initial report launched on Tuesday, detectives raised issues of more crashes involving helicopters at the airport.

NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy said: 'We stay concerned about the considerable capacity for future mid-air crash at DCA.'

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

When authorities, medical or presidential transportation helicopters must utilize the space civilian aircrafts are stopped from being in the exact same area.

Homendy said the NTSB is now advising that the FAA find a 'permanent solution' for alternate routes for helicopters when two of the airport's runways remain in use.

Emergency units respond after a traveler aircraft 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 crash

It was likewise revealed on Tuesday that there was alerting check in the lead up to the deadly disaster.

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

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

The NTSB also said that there were 85 cases where two 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) might have used that details any time to identify that we have a trend here and a problem here, and took a look at that path; that didn't occur, which is why we're taking action today. But sadly, people lost lives, and enjoyed ones are grieving.'

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

Duffy said: 'I think the concern is when this information can be found in how did the FAA not know. How did they not study the data to state "hey, this is a hot spot, we are having near misses out on and if we do not change our ways 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 added when questioned by a reporter about the near misses out on that the information had 'p *** ed him off'.

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

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Investigators believe that the helicopter included in the crash may have had incorrect altitude readings in the minutes before the crash.

The accident likely took place at an elevation simply under 300 feet, as the airplane came down 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 suggestions to restrict helicopter traffic near DCA and for its extensive investigation.

'We will continue to collaborate carefully with PSA Airlines as it works together as an investigative celebration member.'

The helicopter pilots might have likewise missed out on part of another interaction, when the tower stated 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 an annual test and a test on using night vision safety glasses, Homendy stated.

Investigators believe the crew was using night vision goggles throughout the flight.

The Army has stated the Black Hawk team was extremely experienced, and accustomed to the congested skies around the nation ´ s capital.

At the time of the collision, a single air traffic controller was concurrently keeping an eye on both the helicopter and plane traffic.

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

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

Surveillance video footage taken from inside the airport captured the minute the two collided in midair

At the time of the accident, a single air traffic controller was at the same time keeping an eye on both the helicopter and aircraft traffic. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is seen here

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

A supervisor supposedly decided to combine those tasks before the arranged cutoff time however, and permitted one air traffic controller to leave work early.

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

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

The scenario appeared to have actually 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 towers is absolutely nothing brand-new, with popular causes including high turnover and budget plan cuts.

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

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

She said: 'This NTSB action is extremely uncommon. The release of an emergency situation recommendation requesting the FAA take instant action, before the completion of the NTSB investigation is unusual.'

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

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

Miraculously, everyone on board survived after being suspended upside-down by their seat belts for numerous minutes until they tentatively started leaving.

The aircraft had been heading to Toronto from Minneapolis - Saint Paul International Airport with 76 travelers and four crew members on board.

Some 21 people were required to the healthcare facility for treatment to minor injuries, and Delta has offered each individual 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 home.

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

Medics, ambulances, and emergency situation lorries hurried to the scene in Lancaster County as flames engulfed the airplane and nearby vehicles.

The aircraft took off as arranged on Sunday afternoon, however quickly requested to land back on the tarmac since its door had opened.

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