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Federal detectives have actually raised issues of a potential for another lethal aircraft crash at Reagan National Airport, after a midair accident earlier this year eliminated 67.

The National Transportation Safety Board gave an upgrade on their examination into the cause of the disaster which happened on January 29 in Washington.

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

As part of a preliminary report released on Tuesday, private investigators raised concerns of more collisions including helicopters at the airport.

NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy said: 'We stay worried about the substantial capacity for future mid-air collision at DCA.'

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

When authorities, medical or presidential transport helicopters need to utilize the area civilian airplanes are stopped from being in the same location.

Homendy said the NTSB is now advising that the FAA discover a 'irreversible solution' for detours for helicopters when two of the airport's runways are in use.

Emergency systems react after a guest airplane hit 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 speaks to reporters about the 29 January mid-air accident

It was also 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 planes getting informs about helicopters being in close proximity in between October 2021 and December 2024.

The NTSB also stated that there were 85 cases where 2 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 details any time to determine that we have a pattern here and an issue here, and took a look at that route; that didn't take place, which is why we're acting today. But regrettably, people lost lives, and enjoyed ones are grieving.'

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

Duffy stated: 'I think the concern is when this data is available in how did the FAA not understand. How did they not study the data to say "hello, this is a hot area, we are having near misses out on and if we don't alter our methods we are gon na lose lives".'

He added: 'That wasn't done, maybe there was a concentrate on something other than security.'

Duffy would later added when questioned by a press 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 clashed with an Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night, eliminating 67 people

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

The accident likely happened at an elevation simply under 300 feet, as the aircraft came down towards the chopper, which was above its 200-foot limit for that area.

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

'We will continue to collaborate carefully 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 said the jet was turning toward a various runway, Homendy said last month.

The helicopter was on a 'check' flight that night where the pilot was going through an annual test and a test on using night vision safety glasses, Homendy said.

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

The Army has said the Black Hawk crew 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 simultaneously keeping track of both the helicopter and airplane traffic.

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

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

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

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

After 9:30 pm the responsibilities are usually combined and left to someone as the airport sees less traffic later in the night.

A manager apparently chose to combine those responsibilities before the set up cutoff time however, and enabled one air traffic controller to leave work early.

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

Reagan National has actually been understaffed for several years, with just 19 completely accredited controllers since September 2023 - well below the target of 30 - according to the most current Air Traffic Controller Workforce Plan submitted to Congress.

The scenario appeared to have improved ever since, 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 new, with widely known causes including high turnover and budget plan 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 'uncommon'.

She said: 'This NTSB action is highly unusual. The release of an emergency suggestion asking for the FAA take immediate action, before the conclusion of the NTSB investigation is rare.'

The 2 aircraft had collided in a substantial fireball that was visible 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 passenger aircraft crashed-landed upside down in chaotic 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 several minutes until they tentatively began evacuating.

The airplane had actually been heading to Toronto from Minneapolis - Saint Paul International Airport with 76 passengers and 4 crew members on board.

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

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 showed the Beechcraft A36TC appear in flames in the parking lot of Brethren Village in Manheim Township. Five individuals were rushed to medical facility.

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

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 opened.

American Airlines