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Some air traffic controllers wanted to close a helicopter route near Washington’s airport. It was abandoned as ‘too political.’

An ad hoc working group that included air traffic controllers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport previously sought changes to a helicopter route at the center of an investigation into what ...
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Army helicopter flights on pause around DCA after recent string of aborted landings

ARLINGTON COUNTY, Va. (7News) — The Army has put a pause on helicopter flights near Reagan National Airport (DCA) after two planes got "go-around" commands due to a Black Hawk en route to the ...
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NTSB hearing reveals air traffic controllers should have warned passenger plane about helicopter before collision, but didn’t

Washington, DC (CNN) — The National Transportation Safety Board questioned witnesses Thursday about air traffic control training, a key part of the investigation into January’s deadly midair collision ...
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Pentagon lost contact with Army helicopter on flight that caused jets to nix landings at DC airport

Military air traffic controllers lost contact with an Army helicopter for about 20 seconds as it neared the Pentagon on the flight that caused two commercial jets to abort their landings this month at ...