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The Army has paused each chopper training flights astir nan Pentagon adjacent Washington aft disruptions to 2 commercialized flights past Thursday.
A elder Army spokesperson confirmed nan region to Fox News connected Monday, noting it was implemented pending nan investigation into past week’s determination by Reagan National Airport (DCA) to divert 2 flights aft an Army chopper connected a training ngo was told by nan Pentagon building to make different loop astir nan Pentagon earlier landing.
At astir 2:30 p.m. that day, aerial postulation power instructed a Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 and a Republic Airways Embraer E170 to execute "go-arounds" astatine DCA owed to an Army Black Hawk chopper inbound to nan Pentagon Army Heliport, according to statements from nan Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and nan National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
The FAA said nan Black Hawk was a privilege aerial carrier helicopter.
2 PLANES DO ‘GO-AROUNDS’ TO AVOID MILITARY HELICOPTER NEAR REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT
A Black Hawk Army chopper lands astatine nan Pentagon. (Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images)
The craft "took a scenic way astir nan Pentagon versus proceeding straight from nan westbound to nan heliport," prompting controllers to telephone for 2 go-arounds, Politico reported, citing an email written Friday by Chris Senn, FAA’s adjunct administrator for authorities and manufacture affairs.
Army officials, though, took rumor pinch nan connection from nan FAA suggesting that nan chopper "took a scenic route."
Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., ranking personnel of nan Senate Committee connected Commerce, Science, and Transportation, confirmed nan Black Hawk chopper came from nan aforesaid Army Aviation brigade arsenic nan chopper progressive successful nan deadly Jan. 29 midair collision complete nan Potomac River.
FAA INCREASING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL STAFF, SUPERVISORS AT RONALD REAGAN WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT
A full of 67 group were killed erstwhile an Army Black Hawk chopper collided pinch an American Airlines level complete nan Potomac River adjacent Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport successful January. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
But Army officials said nan chopper was not flying nan aforesaid route. Defense officials said nan chopper past week did an overhead loop complete nan Pentagon astatine nan accepted parameters group by nan FAA earlier landing connected nan Pentagon helipad.
There is besides increasing vexation astatine nan Pentagon pinch Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy complete really nan business was handled.
"Our chopper restrictions astir DCA are crystal clear," Duffy wrote connected X Friday. "In summation to investigations from @NTSB and @FAANews, I’ll beryllium talking to nan @DeptofDefense to inquire why nan hellhole our rules were disregarded."
BLACK HAWK PILOT FAILED TO HEED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN MOMENTS BEFORE PLANE COLLISION OVER DC: REPORT
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)
"Safety must ALWAYS travel first. We conscionable mislaid 67 souls! No much chopper rides for VIPs aliases unnecessary training successful a congested DCA airspace afloat of civilians. Take a taxi aliases Uber – too astir VIPs person achromatic car service," he continued.
Several defense officials said they felt blindsided by Duffy’s tweet, adding they wished Duffy had called and spoken pinch personification astatine nan Pentagon earlier tweeting.
No subject VIPs were onboard nan subject training flight.
FAA ‘PERMANENTLY RESTRICTING’ WASHINGTON HELICOPTER TRAFFIC AFTER FATAL MIDAIR COLLISION NEAR DC AIRPORT
The FAA says it is moving to update exertion aft nan DCA clang that claimed 67 lives. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
Thursday’s disruptions travel little than 1 period aft nan FAA accrued staffing and oversight for nan DCA aerial postulation power team.
In March, nan FAA announced that it would permanently restrict "nonessential" helicopter operations astir nan airdrome and destruct chopper and fixed-wing mixed traffic.
The agency besides prohibited nan simultaneous usage of runways 15/33 and 4/22 erstwhile helicopters that are conducting urgent missions are operating adjacent DCA.
It is unclear really nan incident took place, fixed nan caller guidelines.
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The airport's main runway is nan busiest runway successful America, according to nan Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.
Fox News’ Chad Pergram, Landon Mion, Grady Trimble and Alexandra Koch contributed to this report.
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