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‘Least safe it has ever been,’ witness says of Reagan airspace at NTSB hearing
A witness criticized the safety of the airspace around Ronald Reagan National Airport since a mid-air crash in January, as ...
FAA & ATC Under Scrutiny After Reagan Airport Midair Collision
Investigators probe FAA's awareness of risks at DCA and controller decision-making after fatal helicopter-jet crash near ...
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Final day of hearings on midair collision at Reagan National Airport focuses on communication
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) entered its final day of hearings on the midair collision between an American ...
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Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport - CBS News
The National Transportation Safety Board is warning of a "serious safety issue" in the airspace surrounding Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. CBS News White House reporter Olivia ...
How a fragile aviation system led to disaster near Washington
Over three days of hearings before the independent National Transportation Safety Board, witnesses described an aviation system that seemed bound to eventually fail and a scleroti ...
Forget Dulles & Reagan: Fly To Washington DC’s Most Underrated Airport Instead
Baltimore/Washington International Airport has made strides in recent years to become a more prominent airport in the ...
Key Takeaways From Reagan National Crash Probe: Faulty Altitude Data, Missed Warnings
Transportation safety officials’ hearing reveals new details into what led to the January accident that killed 67 people.
Some air traffic controllers wanted to close a helicopter route near Washington’s airport. It was abandoned as ‘too political.’
An ad hoc working group that included air traffic controllers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport previously sought changes to a helicopter route at the center of an investigation into what ...