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

The National Transportation Safety Board provided an upgrade on their investigation into the cause of the disaster which occurred on January 29 in Washington.

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

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

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

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

When authorities, medical or presidential transport helicopters need to use the space civilian airplanes are stopped from remaining in the very same location.

Homendy said the NTSB is now recommending that the FAA find a 'permanent solution' for detours for helicopters when 2 of the airport's runways are in use.

Emergency units respond after a traveler 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 press reporters about the 29 January mid-air accident

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 between October 2021 and December 2024.

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

The NTSB also 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 information from October 2021 through December 2024, (the FAA) might have utilized that info at any time to determine that we have a trend here and a problem here, and looked at that path; that didn't occur, which is why we're doing something about it today. But sadly, individuals 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 question is when this information can be found in how did the FAA not know. How did they not study the data to say "hey, this is a location, we are having near misses out on and if we don't alter our methods we are gon na lose lives".'

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

Duffy would later included when by a reporter about the near misses out on 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 think that the helicopter associated with the crash may have had unreliable altitude readings in the minutes before the crash.

The collision likely took place at an altitude just under 300 feet, as the plane came down toward the chopper, which was above its 200-foot limit for that area.

On Tuesday American Airlines invited the report by the NTSB, stating: 'We're grateful for the National Transportation Safety Board's immediate security suggestions to limit helicopter traffic near DCA and for its extensive examination.

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

The helicopter pilots might have likewise missed part of another interaction, when the tower stated the jet was turning towards a different runway, Homendy stated last month.

The helicopter was on a 'check' flight that night where the pilot was going through an annual test and a test on utilizing night vision goggles, Homendy stated.

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

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

At the time of the collision, a single air traffic controller was all at once monitoring both the helicopter and plane traffic.

Those tasks are normally handled in between 2 people from 10am till 9:30 pm, according to an early FAA report seen by The New York Times.

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

Surveillance video drawn from inside the airport captured the moment the 2 clashed in midair

At the time of the collision, a single air traffic controller was concurrently keeping an eye on both the helicopter and plane traffic. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is seen here

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

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

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

Reagan National has been understaffed for many years, with simply 19 fully licensed controllers since 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 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 brand-new, with popular 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, 6 days a week.

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

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

The two aircraft had collided in a substantial fireball that was noticeable 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 passenger airplane crashed-landed upside down in disorderly scenes at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada.

Miraculously, everyone on board made it through after being suspended upside-down by their seat belts for a number of minutes until they tentatively started evacuating.

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 taken to the healthcare facility for treatment to minor injuries, and Delta has actually offered each individual a no-strings $30,000 payout in payment.

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

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

Medics, ambulances, and emergency situation cars rushed to the scene in Lancaster County as flames engulfed the aircraft and close-by vehicles.

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

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