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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 crash earlier this year eliminated 67.

The National Transportation Safety Board offered an upgrade on their examination into the reason for the catastrophe which occurred 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 airplanes.

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

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

Her concerns revolve around Sean Duffy moving to limit helicopter traffic around the location, but that is set to cease at the end of the month.

When police, medical or presidential transport helicopters need to utilize the space civilian aircrafts are stopped from remaining in the very same area.

Homendy said the NTSB is now recommending that the FAA discover a 'permanent service' for alternate paths for helicopters when two of the airport's runways are in usage.

Emergency systems react after a traveler airplane clashed 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 reporters about the 29 January mid-air collision

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

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

It was discovered that 15,214 'near-miss occasions' of airplanes getting signals about helicopters being in close proximity in between October 2021 and December 2024.

The NTSB also said 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 added: 'That data from October 2021 through December 2024, (the FAA) might have used that info at any time to determine that we have a pattern here and an issue here, and looked at that path; that didn't happen, which is why we're doing something about it today. But unfortunately, people lost lives, and loved ones are grieving.'

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

Duffy said: 'I think the question is when this information is available in how did the FAA not know. How did they not study the data to state "hi, this is a hot spot, we are having near misses out on and if we don't alter our ways we are gon na lose lives".'

He added: 'That wasn't done, maybe there was a focus on something aside from safety.'

Duffy would later 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 hit an Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night, killing 67 individuals

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Investigators think that the helicopter included in the crash may have had incorrect altitude readings in the minutes before the crash.

The collision likely took place at an elevation just under 300 feet, as the plane descended toward the chopper, which was above its 200-foot limitation 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 security suggestions to limit helicopter traffic near DCA and for its extensive investigation.

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

The helicopter pilots may have also missed part of another interaction, when the tower stated the jet was turning toward a different 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 utilizing night vision safety glasses, Homendy stated.

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

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

At the time of the crash, a single air traffic controller was simultaneously keeping track of both the helicopter and aircraft traffic.

Those tasks are generally managed between 2 individuals from 10am till 9:30 pm, according to an early FAA report seen by The New york city Times.

Those jobs are typically handled between 2 individuals 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 airplane traffic. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is seen here

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

A supervisor reportedly chose to combine those responsibilities before the arranged cutoff time nevertheless, and permitted 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 numerous years, with simply 19 totally certified controllers since September 2023 - well below the target of 30 - according to the most current Air Traffic Controller Workforce Plan sent to Congress.

The circumstance appeared to have enhanced ever since, as a source told 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 consisting of high turnover and budget plan cuts.

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In order to fill the gaps, 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 stated: 'This NTSB action is highly uncommon. The release of an emergency situation suggestion asking for the FAA take immediate action, before the completion of the NTSB examination is rare.'

The two aircraft had actually clashed in a big fireball that showed up on dashcams of cars driving on highways that snake around the airport, before plunging into the river.

Less than a month later on, on February 17, a Delta traveler plane crashed-landed upside down in chaotic scenes at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada.

Miraculously, everybody on board endured after being suspended upside-down by their seatbelts 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 four team members on board.

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

And the aircraft carnage is continuous - on Sunday, yet another jet crash-landed, this time in a car park 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 hurried to health center.

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

The plane took off as arranged on Sunday afternoon, but rapidly asked for to land back on the tarmac because its door had actually opened.

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