FAA, NTSB to brief senators on Washington, DC midair collision

Just 1 week aft a midair collision adjacent Reagan National Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are readying to little senators.

The midair collision betwixt a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and a Bombardier CRJ700 airliner was confirmed to person killed 67 people.

Since the crash, the FAA has imposed stricter restrictions connected chopper flights adjacent the airdrome until precocious February, isolated from constabulary and medical transport, aerial defence and statesmanlike aerial transport. 

A barge carrying a crane moves parts of the wreckage from the Potomac River successful the aftermath of the collision of American Eagle formation 5342 and a Black Hawk chopper that crashed into the river, by the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, successful Arlington, Virginia, U.S., February 5, 2025. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz)

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They besides posted a announcement restricting civilian airplanes from flying successful the country erstwhile helicopters are contiguous done March 31.

The plane's formation information recorder indicated that it was struck astatine 325 feet by the chopper connected Wednesday night, and that anterior to impact, determination was a alteration successful the aircraft’s pitch, according to preliminary accusation released connected Saturday.

"Currently, the CRJ (plane) based connected the information recorder astatine the clip of interaction was 325 feet, positive oregon minus 25 feet," National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) subordinate Todd Inman said astatine a Saturday quality conference. "And for those who travel this closely, that is simply a corrected altitude."

People basal adjacent to the Potomac River, aft attending a candlelight vigil for the victims of the collision betwixt American Eagle formation 5342 and a Black Hawk chopper that crashed into the stream adjacent Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, successful Alexandria, Virginia, U.S., February 5, 2025.  (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz)

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"I tin archer you astatine 1 point, precise adjacent to the impact, determination was a flimsy alteration successful pitch, an summation successful pitch," helium added later, erstwhile asked whether the level pulled up.

A barge carrying a crane transports parts of the wreckage from the Potomac River arsenic they transverse past the chopper progressive successful the crash, successful the aftermath of the collision of American Eagle formation 5342 and a Black Hawk chopper that crashed into the river, by the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, successful Arlington, Virginia, U.S., February 5, 2025. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz)

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While aerial postulation power information had the plane's altitude astatine 200 feet astatine impact, Inman said they "have not finalized that and request to get much granularity to it," and that information from the Black Hawk's recorder is besides needed to reply for the evident 100-foot quality successful altitude.