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Federal investigators have actually raised issues of a capacity for another deadly airplane crash at Reagan National Airport, after a midair crash previously this year killed 67.

The National Transportation Safety Board offered an update on their examination into the reason for the catastrophe which took place on January 29 in Washington.

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

As part of a preliminary report launched on Tuesday, investigators raised concerns of more accidents involving helicopters at the airport.

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

Her issues focus on Transport Secretary Sean Duffy moving to restrict helicopter traffic around the area, however that is set to cease at the end of the month.

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

Homendy said the NTSB is now suggesting that the FAA find a 'long-term solution' for detours for helicopters when two of the airport's runways are in use.

Emergency systems react after a passenger airplane clashed 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 speaks with reporters about the 29 January mid-air accident

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

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

It was discovered that 15,214 'near-miss events' of aircrafts getting informs about helicopters being in close proximity between October 2021 and December 2024.

The NTSB also said that there were 85 cases where two aircraft where laterally divided 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) could have utilized that info at any time to determine that we have a pattern here and an issue here, and looked at that route; that didn't occur, which is why we're acting today. But unfortunately, individuals lost lives, and loved ones are .'

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

Duffy said: 'I believe the question is when this information can be found in how did the FAA not understand. 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 alter our methods we are gon na lose lives".'

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

Duffy would later on added when questioned by a press 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 collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night, eliminating 67 people

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Investigators believe that the helicopter involved in the crash may have had unreliable altitude readings in the minutes before the crash.

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

On Tuesday American Airlines invited the report by the NTSB, stating: 'We're grateful for the National Transportation Safety Board's urgent safety suggestions to limit 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 communication, when the tower said the jet was turning towards a various runway, Homendy said last month.

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

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

The Army has said the Black Hawk team was highly experienced, and accustomed to the crowded skies around the country ´ s capital.

At the time of the crash, a single air traffic controller was all at once keeping track of both the helicopter and airplane traffic.

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

Those jobs are normally dealt with in between two people from 10am until 9:30 pm, according to the report.

Surveillance video footage taken from inside the airport recorded the moment the two collided in midair

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

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

A manager apparently chose to integrate those duties before the set up cutoff time nevertheless, and permitted one air traffic controller to leave work early.

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

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

The scenario appeared to have improved because then, 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 nothing brand-new, with popular causes including high turnover and budget cuts.

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In order to fill the gaps, controllers are often 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 said: 'This NTSB action is extremely unusual. The release of an emergency situation suggestion requesting the FAA take immediate action, before the conclusion of the NTSB examination is uncommon.'

The 2 aircraft had clashed in a huge 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 endured 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 four team members on board.

Some 21 individuals were required to the medical facility for treatment to minor injuries, and Delta has actually provided each individual a no-strings $30,000 payment in payment.

And the plane carnage is ongoing - on Sunday, yet another jet crash-landed, this time in a car park of a suburban Pennsylvania retirement community.

Dramatic footage showed the Beechcraft A36TC emerge in flames in the parking lot of Brethren Village in Manheim Township. Five individuals were rushed to healthcare facility.

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

The airplane took off as set up on Sunday afternoon, however rapidly asked for to land back on the tarmac due to the fact that its door had actually opened.

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