Inspector General looking for FAA processing with the DC airspace after thousands of nearby calls

After nearly eight months of a fatal collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, DC, the office of the Inspector General of the Ministry of Transport Declare On Friday, an investigation into dealing with the Federal Aviation Administration will open with airspace around the international airport.

The incitement to the investigation was the crash that occurred in January when the Black Hawk helicopter collided with the US military with an American aircraft plane, 67 people were killed. However, according to the IG announcement, that was just one of the many nearby disasters that have occurred at their airport in recent years. National Transport Safety Council 15,000 accidents were found near It took place in the airport’s airspace between October 2021 and December 2024 – which included commercial aircraft.

Last week, an investigation hearing on the accident revealed Air Movement Monitor only one He was running both helicopters and aircraft movement at the time of collision. It was also found that the black falcon participating in the deadly accident was Dealing with a technical issue This kept a device known as the ADS-B of Work properly, which would have broadcast the position of the helicopter, its height and other information to control air traffic and other nearby aircraft. The policies at Reagan Airport did not require helicopters to transfer data at the time of the accident, according to an army official who occurred in the session.

This revelation has an IG office looking at the case. The International Energy Agency will investigate the FAA policies and procedures on providing external exemptions at the airport, as well as how the agency addresses the Air traffic control administration. The review was set to start this month.

The IG office results should be interesting, if not horrific. There has been a shortage of air traffic monitors for years yet, which has not been improved before Freezing the employment of the Trump administration Nor her plan Keep the ATCS from retirement after reaching 56Despite the clear need of sharp eyes and mind while working. The fact that there ConstantIncluding an unprecedented collision on the Rigan runway earlier this year, which included a plane with Members sitting in Congress on boardIt indicates that there are some basic problems with the way the Federal Aviation Administration is currently operating.

Trump of all of this may hinder anything actually improving anything, though. Earlier this year, he shot the Inspector General of the Ministry of Transport, so the office is Currently work With IG Acting and not the Senior Adviser. To date, the only explanation we came out of Trump for the incident is when it is Blame the remedy of Dei. This does not inspire the exact confidence that we will get a meaningful reform from this entire situation.