The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will permanently restrict helicopter traffic near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) following recommendations from an independent investigative board that called the current situation an “intolerable risk to aviation safety.”
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, who oversees the FAA, announced on March 11 that the agency would implement safety measures laid out by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in its preliminary investigation report into the Jan. 29 mid-air collision between a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet.
