Investigators say deadly midair collision near DC followed years of ignored warnings about traffic

Before Potomac Crash, Warnings Were Ignored for Years

Investigators have uncovered several factors that contributed to the collision of a US Army helicopter and a passenger airplane near Washington, DC, last January, killing 67 people in the deadliest US air disaster since 2001. The National Transportation Safety Board discussed the investigation's findings on Tuesday, including testimony about numerous...

A Year After the DCA Midair Collision, Are Flights Safer?

If you’ve flown out of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in the year since the midair collision over the Potomac that killed 67 people, a question may have been nagging at you: what has actually been done since then to prevent something like that from happening again? Since the collision on January 29, 2025, between an American Airlines flight from Wichita and a military helicopter on a training ride, military pilots have had to broadcas…

US safety board: Fatal Washington crash due to FAA failures, including letting helicopters fly too close to planes

WASHINGTON, Jan 28 — The US National Transportation Safety Board found today that a series of systemic failures by the Federal Aviation Administration led to a devastating mid-air collision that killed 67 people last year. The January 2025 collision between an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) was the deadliest US aviation disaster in more than two decades. The N…

Close helicopter routes and Army crew’s perception of the wrong aircraft determine why a regional jet and helicopter collided

By Alexandra Skores, Pete Muntean, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Nearly one year after the midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet near Washington, DC, the National Transportation Safety Board sharply criticized the Federal Aviation Administration for designing dangerous helicopter routes and failing to analyze years of near-collision data in the area. The January 29, 2025, collision that killed 67 people o…

Investigators say systemic failures led to deadly midair plane crash

In an hours-long hearing, the National Transportation Safety Board unveiled what caused the deadliest plane crash on U.S. soil in more than two decades.

Deadly midair collision near D.C. followed years of ignored warnings about traffic, investigators say

National Transportation Safety Board members were deeply troubled Tuesday over years of ignored warnings about helicopter traffic dangers and other problems, long before an American Airlines jet and an Army Black Hawk collided a year ago, killing 67 people near Washington, D.C.