NTSB Investigates Fatal Helicopter-Jet Collision Near Reagan National Airport

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) held a hearing to adopt formal probable cause findings into the midair collision between a PSA Airlines CRJ700 and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington’s Reagan National Airport. The NTSB concluded that systemic failures, including flawed airspace design and inadequate oversight, led to one of the deadliest US aviation accidents in over two decades. Despite years of data showing repeated close calls between helicopters and commercial aircraft, the FAA declined multiple recommendations to move or redesign those routes.