Safety board calls to end helo flights on route of fatal DC crash
The National Transportation and Safety Board is recommending helicopters no longer fly along the route when planes are landing on specific runways at DCA.
Safety board calls for helicopter ban on certain routes near DC airport: ‘Intolerable risk’
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Tuesday issued two “urgent” safety recommendations after discovering thousands of close calls between helicopters and planes near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport following a midair collision in January.
NTSB makes ‘urgent safety recommendations’ after deadly DC plane crash
Helicopters should be barred from a four-mile stretch over the Potomac River when flights are landing on Reagan National Airport’s Runway 33, National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said as the NTSB unveiled “urgent safety recommendations” after the deadly mid-air collision in January.
U.S. Safety Regulators Push for Restrictions on Helicopter Traffic Near DCA Following Fatal Crash
The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board said not restricting helicopter traffic around Reagan National was “stronger than an oversight.”
NTSB Making Urgent Safety Recommendations After American Jet Collision With Helicopter
The National Transportation Safety Board will announce on Tuesday it is making an urgent safety recommendation to prevent helicopter operations when two runways are being used at Washington Reagan National Airport following a mid-air collision in January that killed 67 people,
Deadly DC plane crash leads transportation safety board to make urgent recommendations
Helicopters should not be allowed to travel in a four-mile stretch over the Potomac River following the deadly air collision near Washington in January, according to urgent safety recommendations outlined by National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy on Tuesday.
‘An intolerable risk:’ NTSB issues urgent safety recommendations after Flight 5342 crash
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