NTSB Report Highlights FAA Oversight Gaps Behind D.C. Midair Collision Written 28 January 2026
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Search and rescue efforts are seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Jan. 30, 2025, in Arlington, Va. | Credit: Mark Schiefelbein; Associated Press–©
The New York Times reports, “The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the Federal Aviation Administration had approved dangerous flight routes that allowed an Army helicopter to fly into the path of a passenger jet over the Potomac River on Jan. 29, 2025, to calamitous results.”
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