The Federal Aviation Administration has imposed permanent restrictions on non-essential helicopter operations around the Washington, D.C., airport where an Army chopper collided with a commercial jet

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

The FAA is making significant changes at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after the National Transportation Safety Board urged "immediate action" to improve safety in the wake of a fatal midair collision in January.

Helicopters will be permanently restricted from flying near Washington, D.C.'s airport on the same route where a passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided in midair, killing 67 people, the Federal Aviation Administration said Friday.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced on Friday that it is enforcing permanent restrictions on non-essential helicopter operations around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Washington,

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 midair collision that occurred there in January,

The NTSB’s preliminary report on the Jan. 29 crash that killed 67 people current helicopter routes allowed around the airport are an ‘intolerable risk to aviation safety.’

Nonessential helicopter flights will be restricted in the airspace around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, and the simultaneous flying of choppers and airplanes around the airport won’t be allowed.