The Federal Aviation Administration announced a "series of steps" it will take to address safety concerns after a fatal ...

Helicopters will be permanently restricted from flying near Washington, D.C.'s airport on the same route where a passenger ...

The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it is imposing permanent restrictions on non-essential helicopter ...

The move follows federal investigators's call for a ban on helo flights on the route, citing a string of near misses in ...

Federal investigators looking for the cause of the January collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter near ...

The closure of the helicopter route near the airport makes permanent restrictions put in place after the January 29 mid-air ...

Maria Cantwell of Washington, the top Democrat on ... The type of Black Hawk helicopter involved in the crash typically has two systems for measuring altitude, which may explain the discrepancy.

Tuesday’s report also bolstered a Washington Post examination ... the runway the jet was using the night of the crash comes within 15 feet of a helicopter route, according to a Post analysis.

The crash killed 67 ... showing such routes in Washington “includes no warning for helicopters to operate a defined distance from the shoreline.” So if a helicopter was flying at the maximum ...

Federal investigators looking for the cause of the January collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C. recommended a ban on some helicopter flights Tuesday ...