{"id":703,"date":"2025-05-02T20:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T20:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onesrvmx.com\/?p=703"},"modified":"2025-05-02T22:44:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T22:44:29","slug":"two-planes-do-go-arounds-to-avoid-military-helicopter-near-reagan-washington-national-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onesrvmx.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/02\/two-planes-do-go-arounds-to-avoid-military-helicopter-near-reagan-washington-national-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Two planes do 'go-arounds' to avoid military helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two planes had to perform “go-arounds” to avoid crashing into a military helicopter on Thursday at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA),<\/u><\/a> where a commercial plane and a Black Hawk Army helicopter collided in January, killing 67 people.<\/p>\n

At about 2:30 p.m., air traffic control instructed a Delta Air Lines<\/a> Airbus A319 and a Republic Airways Embraer E170 to perform “go-arounds” at DCA due to a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter inbound to the Pentagon Army Heliport, according to statements from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).<\/p>\n

FAA INCREASING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL STAFF, SUPERVISORS AT RONALD REAGAN WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The FAA said the Black Hawk was a Priority Air Transport helicopter.<\/p>\n

In an email to Fox News Digital, a Department of Defense official said they are “aware of reports” about the incident.<\/p>\n

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Ranking Member Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., confirmed the Black Hawk helicopter came from the same Army Aviation brigade as the helicopter involved in the deadly Jan. 29 midair collision over the Potomac River.<\/a><\/p>\n

“It is outrageous that only three months after an Army Black Hawk helicopter tragically collided with a passenger jet, the same Army brigade again flew a helicopter too close to passenger jets on final approach at DCA,” Cantwell wrote in a statement. “This comes less than a week after this brigade resumed flights in the National Capital Region. It is far past time for [Defense] Secretary [Pete] Hegseth and the FAA to give our airspace the security and safety attention it deserves.”<\/p>\n

Fox News learned the brigade resumed flight operation on April 25.<\/p>\n

BLACK HAWK PILOT FAILED TO HEED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN MOMENTS BEFORE PLANE COLLISION OVER DC: REPORT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The close call comes less than one month after the FAA increased staffing and oversight for the DCA air traffic control team.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In March, the FAA announced that it would permanently restrict “non-essential” helicopter operations<\/a> around the airport, and eliminate helicopter and fixed-wing mixed traffic.<\/p>\n

The agency also prohibited the simultaneous use of runways 15\/33 and 4\/22 when helicopters conducting urgent missions are operating near DCA.<\/p>\n

It is unclear how the incident took place, given the new guidelines.<\/p>\n

FAA \u2018PERMANENTLY RESTRICTING\u2019 WASHINGTON HELICOPTER TRAFFIC AFTER FATAL MIDAIR COLLISION NEAR DC AIRPORT<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

FAA officials continue to evaluate current arrival rates at DCA per hour, which are “disproportionately concentrated” within the last 30 minutes of each hour.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The airport has the busiest runway<\/u><\/a> in America, according to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.<\/p>\n

NTSB officials are investigating Thursday’s incident.<\/p>\n

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The U.S. Army did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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