“The mistake was that this was not unforeseen. We had 84 near misses in the three years before in the D.C. air space, and no one did anything,“ Duffy told reporters. “Someone was asleep at the wheel. Someone should have seen that.”
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) disclosed in March that since 2021, there were 15,200 air separation incidents near Reagan between commercial airplanes and helicopters, including 85 close-call events. Duffy added that the FAA was reviewing other recent near-miss incidents and potential hot spots.
Lawmakers from both parties have questioned why the FAA failed to act for years to address close calls involving helicopters near Reagan. “Clearly, something was missed,“ FAA Deputy Administrator Chris Rocheleau told senators in March.
Separately, U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll met Tuesday with relatives of those killed in the crash. The NTSB is holding a three-day investigative hearing into the January crash starting on Wednesday, reviewing the Army helicopter’s air data systems and altimeters, as well as FAA oversight of Washington airspace.
On Tuesday, Senator Ted Cruz and several other Republican senators unveiled legislation to require the use of ADS-B, an advanced aircraft-tracking technology, by military helicopters near civilian planes. The accident helicopter was not using ADS-B at the time of the January collision. - Reuters
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