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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks during a news conference following up on the issuance of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) preliminary report on the mid-air collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at the Department of Transportation in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Helicopters permanently restricted on route near Washington airport where 67 died in midair crash

The Federal Aviation Administration says helicopters will be permanently banned from flying near Washington, D.C.’s airport on the route where an airliner and an Army helicopter collided in midair.
 
In this image taken from video provided by Justus Rainey, passengers move away from a plane as smoke surrounded the aircraft, in Denver, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (Justus Rainey via AP)

Here’s a look at recent airplane tragedies, mishaps and close calls

 
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy, accompanied by investigator in charge Brice Banning, left, speaks about the recent mid-air collision of an American Airlines flight and a Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, at a news conference in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Close calls at Washington DC airport raise questions about why changes weren’t made before crash

 
In this photo provided by North Dakota Legislative Council, North Dakota Republican state Sen. Doug Larsen stands for this photo on Dec. 4, 2022, at the state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D. (Andrea Cooper/North Dakota Legislative Council via AP)

North Dakota lawmaker became disoriented by darkness before plane crash that killed 4

 
This image taken from video provided by WAPT shows first responders working the scene after a medical transport helicopter crashed Monday, March 10, 2025, in Madison County, Miss. (WAPT via AP)

Medical chopper reported ‘flight control problem’ before crash that killed 3 on board in Mississippi

 

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National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy, accompanied by investigator in charge Brice Banning, left, speaks about the recent mid-air collision of an American Airlines flight and a Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, at a news conference in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

NTSB urges ban on some helicopter flights at Washington airport where 67 people died in midair crash

 
Debris is seen after a plane crashed in a parking lot of a retirement community Sunday, March 9, 2025, in Manheim Township, Pa. (Zach Gleiter/The Patriot-News via AP)

3 victims of Pennsylvania plane crash were taken to a burn unit for treatment, hospital says

 
First responders work the scene after a plane crashed in the parking lot of a retirement community in Manheim Township, Pa., Sunday, March 9, 2025. (Logan Gehman/LNP/LancasterOnline via AP)

A single-engine plane crashes near a Pennsylvania airport and all 5 aboard are taken to hospitals

 
Investigators look over a small plane crash alongside eastbound Interstate 40 at mile marker 202 on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

Pilot error likely caused a small plane crash in Tennessee that killed a Canadian family, NTSB says

 
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker and other officials view the aftermath of a fatal small plane crashed in Philadelphia, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Medical plane’s voice recorder likely wasn’t working for years before Philadelphia crash

 
In this image taken from video, plane debris seen from above at Marana Regional Airport after a deadly crash in Marana, Ariz. on Feb 19, 2025. (KNXV via AP, file)

Police identify 2 people who died in a February midair collision at an Arizona airport

 
In this photo provided by Kenneth Hoffman, a FedEx cargo plane makes an emergency landing at Newark Liberty International Airport on Saturday, March 1, 2025 in Newark, N.J. (Kenneth Hoffman via AP)

See the moment a FedEx cargo plane made an emergency landing after a bird strike caused an engine fire

 
Firefighters work around the site of a crashed Learjet at Scottsdale Airport after it collided with a parked plane Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Private plane crash that killed a pilot could be tied to known landing gear issue, NTSB report says

 
The air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is seen at sunset, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, in Arlington, Va.. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)

American Airlines flight discontinues landing to avoid departing plane at Washington National

 
An officer fires a weapon at a sample of the material used in bullet-resistant enclosures to be installed on buses, at a range in Bedminster, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Philadelphia tests bullet-resistant glass enclosures aimed at protecting bus drivers

 
The air traffic control tower stands at Chicago's Midway International Airport, March 12, 2013. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Southwest Airlines flight abruptly rises to avoid another plane crossing Chicago runway

 
The air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is pictured, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Arlington, Va., near the wreckage of a mid-air collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet in the Potomac River. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

A midair collision in Arizona prompts questions about air traffic control towers

 

Delta flight returns to Atlanta airport because of possible smoke in the cockpit

 
This image taken from video released by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, shows the crashed plane of Delta flight 4819 at Toronto Pearson International Airport, in Mississauga, Ontario, on Tuesday, Feb. 18. (Transportation Safety Board of Canada via AP)

Plane that flipped over in Canada highlights some of the dangers of holding kids on your lap

 
In this Jan. 15, 2009 file photo, passengers in an inflatable raft move away from US Airways Flight 1549 that went down in the Hudson River in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Survivors of past air disasters offer support after Toronto crash

 
A full-scale mock-up of a high-speed train, is displayed at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on Feb. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Trump administration takes aim at $4B in funding for California high-speed rail

 
In this image taken from video, plane debris seen from above at Marana Regional Airport after a deadly crash in Marana, Ariz. on Wednesday, Feb 19, 2025. (KNXV via AP)

2 people are dead in a small plane collision at a southern Arizona airport

 
Salvage crews work near the wreckage site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter, at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Feb. 4, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, file)

Victim’s family files $250M in legal claims against FAA, Army over DC aircraft crash

 
Signs advising drivers of congestion pricing tolls are displayed near the exit of the Lincoln Tunnel in New York, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Trump administration orders halt to NYC toll meant to fight traffic and fund mass transit

 
This photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard on Feb. 7, 2025, shows a small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on a flight that was bound for the hub community of Nome. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP, File)

A look at recent aviation disasters in North America

 

2 killed in crash of small plane near municipal airport east of Atlanta, authorities say

 
Salvage crews work near the wreckage site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter, at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Feb. 4, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, file)

A timeline of the January air disaster in Washington, the deadliest in the US since 2001

 
National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy speaks during a news conference at NTSB headquarters Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Helicopter crew in collision with plane may not have heard key instruction from tower, NTSB says

 
Salvage crews work on recovering wreckage near the site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

What is known about the deadly January air crash between a passenger jet and US Army helicopter

 
U.S. Navy boats work along the shore near Shelter Island after a U.S. Navy plane crashed into the San Diego Bay, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

Navy crew members eject from their jet before it crashes off the San Diego coast

 
In this screen grab from a Facebook livestream, residents from the Inupiat Eskimo village of Golovin in Alaska pose with a Bering Air pilot, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. (AP via Irene Navarro)

Plane that crashed and killed 10 was part of Alaska’s air travel system, essential to daily life

 
A crashed Learjet sits next to a plane it collided with as Scottsdale Airport Fire Deapartment vehicle sits nearby at Scottsdale Airport Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Private jets collide at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona, killing 1 person, authorities say

 
The body of a victim is covered with a blanket as members of security forces stand around wreckage of airplane in a rice field in Maguindanao del Sur province, Philippines, after officials say a U.S. military-contracted plane has crashed in a rice field in the southern Philippines, killing all four people on board, on Thursday Feb. 6, 2025. (Sam Mala/UGC via AP)

US Marine from California identified as one of 4 people killed in Philippines plane crash

 
Parts of a plane are lifted from the water near the wreckage site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter, at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Arlington, Va., as an American Airlines aircraft is seen landing on the runway, foreground. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

How safe is it to fly following recent aviation disasters?

 
Salvage crews pull up a part of a Black Hawk helicopter near the site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Lasers aid river search for debris from plane and helicopter collision near DC

 
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