Helicopter routes near Reagan National airport regularly cause an “intolerable risk to aviation safety,” NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy told reporters Tuesday during an update on its ...
A third child was not onboard. The NTSB revealed that Larsen didn’t use the “functioning runway lights” at the airport and immediately turned off the airplane’s landing lights after takeoff.
The crash killed 67 people. The release of the reports followed a news conference by NTSB officials who said Federal Aviation Administration procedures that governed the airspace near Reagan ...
SEATTLE, Wash. — We are two and a half months into 2025, and according to data from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), they are currently investigating 140 plane crashes in the U ...
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Tuesday recommended the closure of a helicopter route near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport when some of its runways are in use ...
The “urgent safety recommendation” is part of the NTSB’s preliminary report on the midair collision between a passenger jet and a US Army helicopter in which 67 people were killed in the ...
NTSB urges ban on some helicopter flights at Washington airport where 67 people died in midair crash
Now flights are put on hold temporarily when helicopters need to pass by the airport. The NTSB’s proposal would close a vital route for law enforcement, Coast Guard patrols and government ...
The NTSB issued two safety recommendations. It called on the Federal Aviation Administration to “prohibit operations on helicopter Route 4 between Hains Point and the Wilson Bridge when runways ...
The NTSB said the separation between helicopters and jets in the area was insufficient and posed “an intolerable risk to aviation safety by increasing the chances of a midair collision.” ...
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