FAA significantly restricts helicopter traffic near Reagan National after deadly crash
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Updated: 10:11 AM CST Jan 31, 2025
Emergency responders have battled near freezing temperatures, the icy cold waters of the Potomac River, and with rain in the forecast today, another challenge finding out what happened. New pictures overnight from the National Transportation Safety Board. Investigators pulling the passenger plane. Voice and data recorders bringing them to their nearby labs for evaluation. You need to give us time. Still too soon to speculate the crash's caused, officials are pledging *** preliminary report in the next month, and we're here to assure the American people. That we are going to leave no stone unturned as recovery crews continue to wade through frigid waters in the Potomac, recovering at least 28 bodies from the wreck. You're half swimming, half walking while you're working. This is very strenuous for our divers. The search for *** car ongoing. Maybe the pilot's fault. They should have seen it. I would have thought they should have seen it. Because it was *** plane that was loaded up with lights, President Trump pinned unfounded blame on the previous administration, prioritizing diversity over qualifications and hiring. We don't care what race they are. We want the most competent people. I have no knowledge about that, drawing bipartisan pushback, and I think he owes the country. An apology for taking this moment where we're trying to come together and figure it out and inserting gross politics. It was grotesque. We know that planes are flying in and out of Reagan National Airport this morning, and there is at least one American Airlines flight scheduled later on today between Wichita, Kansas, and Washington, the same route that ended in this deadly crash in Washington near the Potomac River. I'm Amy Lou.
FAA significantly restricts helicopter traffic near Reagan National after deadly crash
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Updated: 10:11 AM CST Jan 31, 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration is significantly restricting helicopter traffic in the immediate vicinity of Washington Reagan National Airport, according to an official briefed on the matter.The decision was made following Wednesday night's collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and a commercial jet that killed all 67 people who were on board the two aircraft.Some of the airspace has already been restricted due to ongoing search and recovery efforts over the crash site. But now the agency responsible for air traffic control is indefinitely barring most helicopters from using the low-to-the-ground routes that run under or parallel to the airport鈥檚 flightpaths, said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter.
WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration is significantly restricting helicopter traffic in the immediate vicinity of Washington Reagan National Airport, according to an official briefed on the matter.
The decision was made following Wednesday night's collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and a commercial jet that killed all 67 people who were on board the two aircraft.
Some of the airspace has already been restricted due to ongoing search and recovery efforts over the crash site. But now the agency responsible for air traffic control is indefinitely barring most helicopters from using the low-to-the-ground routes that run under or parallel to the airport鈥檚 flightpaths, said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter.
