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Air Traffic Controllers Were Not Tested for Alcohol

‘We just make it work’: Strained air traffic culture at Reagan National Airport exposed by NTSB crash inquiry

Federal investigators investigating the deadly midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport described a strained, high-stress air traffic culture where controllers relied on experience,

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Air Traffic Controllers Were Not Tested for Alcohol After Reagan National Airport Crash

The F.A.A. has since been training on-call specialists to be snappier about administering alcohol and drug tests after a serious incident, an official said.

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Controllers asked for fewer flights at Reagan National before a midair collision. That never happened.

It needs to be addressed and we didn’t address it," said Bryan Lehman, an air traffic manager at a large control facility in the Washington region.

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FAA planning more helicopter route changes after fatal collision

The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it is planning additional helicopter route changes near Ronald Reagan ...

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FAA & ATC Under Scrutiny After Reagan Airport Midair Collision

Investigators probe FAA's awareness of risks at DCA and controller decision-making after fatal helicopter-jet crash near ...

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‘Least safe it has ever been,’ witness says of Reagan airspace at NTSB hearing

A witness criticized the safety of the airspace around Ronald Reagan National Airport since a mid-air crash in January, as ...

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How a fragile aviation system led to disaster near Washington

Over three days of hearings before the independent National Transportation Safety Board, witnesses described an aviation system that seemed bound to eventually fail and a scleroti ...

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Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport - CBS News

The National Transportation Safety Board is warning of a "serious safety issue" in the airspace surrounding Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. CBS News White House reporter Olivia ...

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Forget Dulles & Reagan: Fly To Washington DC’s Most Underrated Airport Instead

Baltimore/Washington International Airport has made strides in recent years to become a more prominent airport in the ...

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Some air traffic controllers wanted to close a helicopter route near Washington’s airport. It was abandoned as ‘too political.’

An ad hoc working group that included air traffic controllers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport previously sought changes to a helicopter route at the center of an investigation into what ...

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Key Takeaways From Reagan National Crash Probe: Faulty Altitude Data, Missed Warnings

Transportation safety officials’ hearing reveals new details into what led to the January accident that killed 67 people.

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