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Federal private investigators have actually raised issues of a potential for another fatal airplane crash at Reagan National Airport, after a midair collision earlier this year eliminated 67.

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

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

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

NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy said: 'We remain concerned about the significant capacity for future mid-air collision at DCA.'

Her issues revolve around Transport Secretary Sean Duffy transferring to limit helicopter traffic around the location, but that is set to stop at the end of the month.

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

Homendy said the NTSB is now recommending that the FAA find a 'irreversible service' for detours for helicopters when two of the airport's runways remain in usage.

Emergency systems react after a traveler aircraft 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 collision

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

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

It was discovered that 15,214 'near-miss occasions' of aircrafts getting signals 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) might have utilized that details at any time to identify that we have a trend here and a problem here, and took a look at that path; that didn't occur, which is why we're doing something about it today. But regrettably, individuals lost lives, and liked ones are grieving.'

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

Duffy stated: 'I think the concern is when this information can be found in how did the FAA not know. How did they not study the data to state "hey, this is a location, we are having near misses and if we don't change our methods we are gon na lose lives".'

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

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

Pictured: Parts of the wreckage seen sitting in the Potomac River after Flight 5342 clashed with an Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night, killing 67 individuals

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Investigators believe that the helicopter associated with the crash might have had incorrect elevation readings in the minutes before the crash.

The collision most likely happened at an elevation simply under 300 feet, as the airplane came down toward 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 immediate security suggestions to limit helicopter traffic near DCA and for its extensive examination.

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

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

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

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

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

At the time of the accident, a single air traffic controller was all at once keeping an eye on both the helicopter and airplane traffic.

Those tasks are typically dealt with in between 2 individuals from 10am up until 9:30 pm, according to an early FAA report seen by The New York Times.

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

Surveillance video footage taken from inside the airport captured the moment the two clashed in midair

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

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

A supervisor supposedly chose to combine those tasks before the scheduled cutoff time however, and permitted one air traffic controller to leave work early.

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

Reagan National has been understaffed for numerous years, with simply 19 fully certified controllers as of September 2023 - well listed below the target of 30 - according to the most current Air Traffic Controller Workforce Plan submitted to Congress.

The scenario appeared to have enhanced given 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 towers is absolutely nothing brand-new, with widely known causes consisting of high turnover and budget cuts.

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In order to fill the spaces, controllers are frequently asked to work 10-hour days, six days a week.

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

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

The 2 airplane had clashed in a big 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 guest plane crashed-landed upside down in disorderly scenes at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada.

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

The plane had actually been heading to Toronto from Minneapolis - Saint Paul International Airport with 76 passengers and four team members on board.

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

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

Dramatic video showed the Beechcraft A36TC erupt in flames in the car park of Brethren Village in Manheim Township. Five individuals were rushed to medical facility.

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

The plane took off as arranged on Sunday afternoon, however quickly asked for to land back on the tarmac since its door had actually opened.

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