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‘We just make it work’: Strained air traffic culture at Reagan National Airport exposed by NTSB crash inquiry
Federal investigators investigating the deadly midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport described a ...
Controllers asked for fewer flights at Reagan National before a midair collision. That never happened.
It needs to be addressed and we didn’t address it," said Bryan Lehman, an air traffic manager at a large control facility in ...
FAA To Revise Helicopter Routes Near Reagan National Following January Mid-Air Crash
The FAA plans more changes to helicopter routes near Reagan Airport to improve safety, after fatal mid-air collision in ...
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 ...
‘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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
US probes air traffic staffing, flight volume at DC airport in crash investigation
The National Transportation Safety Board is probing air traffic control staffing, flight volume, training and other ...
The Biggest Unanswered Questions About the Reagan Airport Crash
Six months after a midair collision killed 67 people outside Washington, transportation safety officials will hear testimony ...
NTSB questions controller's failure to alert jet before January crash in Washington, DC
The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday questioned the failure of an air traffic controller to issue a warning ...
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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 ...