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Investigators say deadly midair collision near DC followed years of ignored warnings about traffic
- The US National Transportation Safety Board reported that systemic failures by the Federal Aviation Administration caused a midair collision near Washington, D.C., resulting in 67 fatalities last year.
- NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy stated that safety concerns had been ignored for years, describing the incident as '100 percent preventable'.
- The NTSB found significant issues with air traffic control operations and the Army's safety culture contributed to the collision.
- The Federal Aviation Administration has since reduced traffic at the airport and is reconsidering route safety measures to prevent future incidents.
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In January 2025, a regional jet from American Airlines collided with a black-hawk helicopter from the U.S. Army. 67 people died. It was the worst U.S. aircraft accident in more than two decades.
·Vienna, Austria
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67 people were killed in the collision between a regional jet and an army helicopter in January 2025.
·Zürich, Switzerland
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According to the safety investigation, a helicopter and a plane collided in Washington last year due to a series of errors by the aviation authority.
»One stroke at a time«: A year ago, a passenger machine and a helicopter collided over Washington, D.C. The head of the U.S. Accident Investigation Bureau now says that it shouldn't have come that far.
·Germany
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