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

The National Transportation Safety Board gave an update on their investigation into the reason for the disaster which took place on January 29 in Washington.

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

As part of a preliminary report released on Tuesday, detectives raised concerns of more collisions involving helicopters at the airport.

NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy said: 'We remain worried about the significant potential for future mid-air crash at DCA.'

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

When police, medical or presidential transport helicopters should use the area civilian planes are stopped from remaining in the same location.

Homendy said the NTSB is now advising that the FAA discover a 'irreversible solution' for alternate paths for helicopters when 2 of the airport's runways remain in usage.

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

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

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

It was discovered that 15,214 'near-miss events' of aircrafts getting informs about helicopters remaining in close proximity 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 included: 'That data from October 2021 through December 2024, (the FAA) might have utilized that info any time to identify that we have a pattern here and an issue here, and took a look at that path; that didn't take place, which is why we're doing something about it today. But sadly, people lost lives, and enjoyed ones are grieving.'

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

Duffy stated: 'I believe the concern is when this information can be found in how did the FAA not know. How did they not study the information to state "hi, this is a hot spot, we are having near misses out on and if we do not change our methods we are gon na lose lives".'

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

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

Pictured: Parts of the wreckage seen being 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 may have had incorrect altitude readings in the minutes before the crash.

The collision most likely occurred at an altitude simply under 300 feet, as the descended towards the chopper, which was above its 200-foot limitation for that area.

On Tuesday American Airlines welcomed the report by the NTSB, saying: 'We're grateful for the National Transportation Safety Board's urgent security recommendations to restrict helicopter traffic near DCA and for its comprehensive investigation.

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

The helicopter pilots might have likewise missed part of another communication, when the tower said 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 going through a yearly test and a test on using night vision goggles, Homendy said.

Investigators believe the team was using night vision safety glasses throughout the flight.

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

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

Those tasks are usually 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 handled in between 2 people from 10am up until 9:30 pm, according to the report.

Surveillance video footage drawn from inside the airport caught the minute the two collided in midair

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

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

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

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

Reagan National has been understaffed for several years, with simply 19 totally licensed 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 improved considering that then, as a source informed 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 nothing new, with widely known causes including high turnover and spending plan cuts.

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In order to fill the gaps, controllers are regularly 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 'unusual'.

She said: 'This NTSB action is highly uncommon. The release of an emergency situation suggestion asking for the FAA take immediate action, before the completion of the NTSB examination is unusual.'

The two airplane had collided in a big fireball that showed up on dashcams of cars and trucks driving on highways that snake around the airport, before plunging into the river.

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

Miraculously, everyone on board endured after being suspended upside-down by their seatbelts for numerous minutes up until they tentatively began leaving.

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

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

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

Dramatic video revealed the Beechcraft A36TC emerge in flames in the parking area of Brethren Village in Manheim Township. Five individuals were hurried to health center.

Medics, ambulances, and emergency cars rushed to the scene in Lancaster County as flames engulfed the airplane and nearby automobiles.

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

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