An American Airways Airbus A319 airplane takes off previous the air visitors management tower at Ronald Reagan Washington Nationwide Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on Jan. 11, 2023. Saul Loeb/AFP through Getty Photos
WASHINGTON—The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on July 31 defended the staffing ranges for air visitors controllers at Ronald Reagan Washington Nationwide Airport when an Military helicopter collided with a industrial jet in January, whereas issues have been raised by an company contractor at a listening to.
Nationwide Transportation Security Board (NTSB) investigators probed that concern on Thursday, on the second day of their fact-finding listening to into the deadliest crash in American aviation since November 2001.