2 Aircraft breaking down landings while the helicopter of the army is flying near DC airport

Federal Transport Safety Officers investigated on Friday after two commercial flights demolished landings because an army helicopter had entered the airspace around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, where helicopter traffic is limited since a deadly collision in January.

Air traffic controllers instructed Delta Air Lines Flight 1671 and Republic Airways Flight 5825 to break down their landings around 2.30 pm on Thursday due to the presence of the helicopter, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which started an investigation together with the National Transportation Safety Board.

The helicopter was a black hawk on the way to nearby Pentagon, the safety sign said.

Both aircraft landed safely later, but the delivery led to indignation among civil servants in Washington.

“Our helicopter restrictions around DCA are crystal clear,” said transport secretary Sean Duffy in a post on social media, using the airport code. He said that he would speak with the Ministry of Defense about “why our rules were ignored.”

The army did not immediately issue a statement about the incident.

The FAA had not limited the disposal helicopter traffic around the airport, just kilometers from the Capitol and the White House, after a collision of January 29 between a flight from an American Airlines and the army Black Hawk Helicopter killed 67 people.

The episode on Thursday also renewed worries by legislators, many of whom use the airport.

Senator Ted Cruz, the Republican of Texas, which handles the Senate Committee that handles transport, said that the incident continued to pierced the incident risks in the vicinity of the airport and called for legislation to improve the air safety of civilian.

“Only a few days after military flights have resumed in the national capital, the army again endangers the traveling public,” Mr Cruz said on social media. “Thank goodness there was a decisive reaction from air traffic controllers and pilots, or else these two close calls could have led to the loss of hundreds of lives.”

Senator Maria Cantwell van Washington, the top democrat of the committee, criticized the proximity of the commercial traffic of the military flight.

She called it “distant tense” for Minister of Defense Pete Hegseeth and De FAA “to give our airspace the attention of safety and safety it deserves.”