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Federal private investigators have actually raised concerns of a capacity for another fatal plane 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 catastrophe 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 everybody on board both aircrafts.

As part of an initial report launched on Tuesday, detectives raised concerns of more crashes including helicopters at the airport.

NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy stated: 'We stay concerned about the substantial capacity for future mid-air crash at DCA.'

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

When cops, medical or presidential transportation helicopters need to use the space civilian planes are stopped from being in the same area.

Homendy stated the NTSB is now recommending that the FAA find a 'long-term option' for alternate routes for helicopters when two of the airport's runways are in use.

Emergency systems respond after a guest 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 speaks to press reporters about the 29 January mid-air collision

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

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

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

The NTSB likewise said 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) could have used that details whenever to identify that we have a trend here and a problem here, and looked at that route; that didn't take place, which is why we're taking action today. But unfortunately, people lost lives, and liked ones are grieving.'

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

Duffy said: 'I believe the concern is when this data comes in how did the FAA not know. How did they not study the data to say "hi, this is a hot area, we are having near misses and if we do not alter our methods we are gon na lose lives".'

He added: 'That wasn't done, perhaps there was a concentrate on something besides security.'

Duffy would later on included 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 hit an Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night, eliminating 67 people

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Investigators think that the helicopter involved in the crash may have had inaccurate elevation readings in the minutes before the crash.

The accident most likely occurred at an altitude just under 300 feet, as the airplane descended toward the chopper, which was above its 200-foot limitation for that place.

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

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

The helicopter pilots might have also missed out on part of another communication, when the tower stated the jet was turning toward a various runway, Homendy stated last month.

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

Investigators think the crew was using night vision safety glasses throughout the flight.

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

At the time of the collision, a single air traffic controller was concurrently monitoring both the helicopter and aircraft traffic.

Those jobs are normally handled between two people from 10am until 9:30 pm, according to an early FAA report seen by The New York Times.

Those tasks are generally managed between two individuals from 10am up until 9:30 pm, according to the report.

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

At the time of the crash, a single air traffic controller was simultaneously keeping track of both the helicopter and aircraft traffic. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is seen here

After 9:30 pm the duties are normally combined and delegated one person as the airport sees less traffic later on in the night.

A manager apparently chose to combine those duties before the set up cutoff time nevertheless, and enabled 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 lots of years, with simply 19 completely accredited controllers as of September 2023 - well below the target of 30 - according to the most recent Air Traffic Controller Workforce Plan sent 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 nothing brand-new, with widely known causes including high turnover and budget cuts.

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In order to fill the spaces, controllers are often asked to work 10-hour days, 6 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 stated: 'This NTSB action is highly unusual. The release of an emergency suggestion asking for the FAA take immediate action, before the completion of the NTSB examination is uncommon.'

The 2 aircraft had clashed in a substantial fireball that was visible on dashcams of automobiles 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 endured after being suspended upside-down by their seat belts for several minutes until they tentatively began leaving.

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

Some 21 individuals were taken to the medical facility for treatment to minor injuries, and Delta has actually used everyone a no-strings $30,000 payment in payment.

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

Dramatic footage revealed the Beechcraft A36TC emerge in flames in the parking area of Brethren Village in Manheim Township. Five people were rushed to health center.

Medics, ambulances, and emergency vehicles hurried to the scene in Lancaster County as flames swallowed up the plane and nearby automobiles.

The plane took off as arranged on Sunday afternoon, but rapidly requested to land back on the tarmac since its door had opened.

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