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Federal private investigators have raised concerns of a capacity for another deadly airplane crash at Reagan National Airport, after a midair accident earlier this year killed 67.

The National Transportation Safety Board provided an update on their investigation into the reason for the catastrophe 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 launched on Tuesday, detectives raised concerns of more crashes involving helicopters at the airport.

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

Her concerns revolve around Transport Secretary Sean Duffy relocating to limit helicopter traffic around the area, however that is set to cease at the end of the month.

When cops, medical or governmental transport helicopters must use the area civilian aircrafts are stopped from being in the same area.

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

Emergency systems react after a passenger 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 with press reporters about the 29 January mid-air crash

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

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

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

The NTSB likewise stated that there were 85 cases where 2 aircraft where laterally divided by less than 1,500 feet, and a vertical separation of less than 200 feet.

Homendy included: 'That information from October 2021 through December 2024, (the FAA) might have used that info whenever to figure out that we have a pattern here and a problem here, and looked at that route; that didn't occur, which is why we're taking action today. But sadly, people lost lives, and loved 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 comes in how did the FAA not know. How did they not study the information to state "hello, this is a location, we are having near misses out on and if we don't change our ways we are gon na lose lives".'

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

Duffy would later on included when questioned by a press reporter about the near misses out on that the data 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 think that the helicopter associated with the crash may 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 aircraft descended 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 urgent safety recommendations to limit helicopter traffic near DCA and for its comprehensive examination.

'We will continue to coordinate carefully with PSA Airlines as it complies as an investigative celebration member.'

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

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

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

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

At the time of the crash, a single air traffic controller was at the same time monitoring both the helicopter and plane traffic.

Those tasks are normally managed in between 2 people from 10am up until 9:30 pm, according to an early FAA report seen by The New york city Times.

Those jobs are typically handled in between 2 people from 10am till 9:30 pm, according to the report.

Surveillance video drawn from inside the airport caught the minute the 2 collided in midair

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

After 9:30 pm the duties are normally integrated and left to someone as the airport sees less traffic later on in the night.

A supervisor reportedly decided to combine those tasks before the arranged cutoff time nevertheless, and enabled one air traffic controller to leave work early.

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

Reagan National has been understaffed for lots of years, with simply 19 totally licensed 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 situation appeared to have improved since 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 nothing new, with widely known causes including high turnover and budget plan 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, 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 situation suggestion requesting the FAA take immediate action, before the conclusion of the is rare.'

The 2 aircraft 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, everybody on board endured after being suspended upside-down by their seat belts for numerous minutes until they tentatively began evacuating.

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

Some 21 people were required to the health center for treatment to minor injuries, and Delta has actually offered everyone a no-strings $30,000 payout in payment.

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

Dramatic footage revealed the Beechcraft A36TC appear in flames in the car park of Brethren Village in Manheim Township. Five individuals were hurried to hospital.

Medics, ambulances, and emergency situation vehicles hurried to the scene in Lancaster County as flames engulfed the airplane and nearby lorries.

The plane took off as scheduled on Sunday afternoon, however rapidly requested to land back on the tarmac due to the fact that its door had actually opened.

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