The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that helicopters would be permanently banned from flying near Ronald ...

FAA makes sweeping changes at one of the nation’s busiest airports after the National Transportation Safety Board urged ...

A key section of the corridor runs between Hains Point of East Potomac Park and the Wilson Bridge near National Airport. Airplane traffic on the runway accounts for less than 10 percent of ...

WASHINGTON — The distances separating helicopter traffic from commercial airplanes near Reagan National Airport "pose an intolerable risk to aviation safety," National Transportation Safety ...

The move comes just days after the NTSB recommended a ban on some helicopter flights following the midair collision that ...

An American Airlines flight was attempting to land and collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter that was performing a training flight. The U.S. federal agency responsible for investigating ...

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(Bloomberg) -- Helicopter traffic should be permanently banned near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport during certain periods to alleviate congestion and avoid a repeat of the deadly mid ...

By Mark Walker and Niraj Chokshi The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday issued two urgent recommendations to reduce and reroute helicopter traffic around Ronald Reagan National ...

The passenger jet was on approach to runway 33 at Reagan National Airport. On those routes, NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said, a helicopter and a passenger jet can get as close as 75 feet ...

The Transportation Department quickly agreed to the NTSB's recommendations. The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday called for immediate changes at Ronald Reagan Washington National ...