dailycaller.com By Reagan Reese And Amber Duke
Washington’s Reagan National Airport has suffered countless near misses between aircrafts over the last few decades, many reported by pilots themselves, an issue the FAA has done little to solve, according to a Daily Caller review of public documents.
Just a few moments away from touching down at Washington Reagan National Airport (DCA) on Jan. 29, an American Airlines passenger jet collided with a military helicopter. There were no survivors. The most fatal crash in several decades has caused aviation experts and administration officials alike to parse through public information and determine how something so catastrophic happened. Was the helicopter too high? Did the airplane take the wrong approach? Did Air Traffic Control (ATC) give proper alerts?
Days after the crash, the FAA temporarily banned all mixed helicopter and fixed-wing flying aircrafts from flying over the Potomac River near the airport. New FAA guidance now allows some emergency helicopters to pass near the D.C. airport and requires civilian planes to hold when they are in the area.
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