The National Transportation Safety Board has issued an urgent call for action as a result of the Jan. 29 collision between a passenger jet and a helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington International Airport.
The collision killed all 64 people aboard the jet, operated by American Airlines subsidiary PSA, and all three aboard the Army Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopter that struck the jet.
The NTSB said that the long-established route followed by helicopters, referred to in the report as Route 4, is fraught with danger.
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“Existing separation distances between helicopter traffic operating on Route 4 and aircraft landing on runway 33 are insufficient and pose an intolerable risk to aviation safety by increasing the chances of a midair collision,” the NTSB said in its report on
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