The Federal Aviation Administration issued a basic stop on Ronald Reagan Airport on Monday, only a few weeks after the deadly collision in the air.
The National AirSpace System Status Board mentioned a raw stop on the Washington, DC Airport from 3.15 pm to 4:30 pm for reasons mentioned as 'because of others'.
The delay is permanently forbidden to fly on the same route two days after the helicopters office has been forbidden where a passenger jet and an army helicopter collided in the air, killing 67 people in January.
Federal researchers who investigate the cause of the crash have recommended a ban on some helicopter flights, and say that a series of almost -missers showed in recent years that the current setup is an unbearable risk. '
As part of a preliminary report released on Tuesday, researchers from the National Transportation Safety Board expressed the concerns about more collisions involving helicopters at the airport.
NTSB chairman Jennifer Homendy said: “We will continue to worry about the considerable potential for future collision in the air at DCA.”
Reagan National has been understaffed for many years, with only 19 fully certified controllers from September 2023 – well below the goal of 30 – according to the most recent air traffic controller that has been submitted to the congress.
The situation seemed to have been improved since then, because a source told that CNN the Reagan National Control Tower was manned by 24 out of the 28 positions.
The Federal Aviation Administration published a basic stop on Ronald Reagan Airport on Monday
Chronic understaffing with air traffic controllers is nothing new, with known causes, including high turnover and cuts.
To fill the gaps, controllers are often asked to work for 10 hours, six days a week.
The army said that the Black Hawk crew was very experienced and used to the busy sky around the capital of the country.
At the time of the collision, a single air traffic controller monitored both the helicopter and aircraft traffic at the same time.
A near-miss that resembled the tragedy also happened in 2021. It concerned Air Force Jets, a marine helicopter that was usually used to transport the vice-president and a commercial aircraft.
At the time, the FAA launched a probe in the airport's tower staff and later found that there was only one air traffic controller who achieved helicopters, the departure and the arrivals of aircraft.
The 2021 study showed that some controllers were paid for full shifts, even when they did not work – a practice that is generally known in industry as an 'early push'.
Early shocks are considered an informal advantage, so that controllers can leave when air traffic slows down.
The DC -Crash of the American Airlines, DC Crash, marked the deadly American air disaster in 24 years, and the first major American commercial passenger CHARH in more than 15 years, after the Colgan Air Flight Crash in 2009.
Less than a month later, on February 17, a Delta passenger plane crashed upside down in chaotic scenes on Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada.
Miraculously, everyone on board survived after a few minutes upside down by being suspended their safety belts until they started evacuating for the time being.
The plane went to Toronto from Minneapolis – Saint Paul International Airport with 76 passengers and four crew members on board.
About 21 people were taken to the hospital for treatment to minor injuries, and Delta has offered each person a no-strings $ 30,000 payment in compensation
