According to the Washington Post, the FAA has decided to decrease flights into Reagan National Airport. Instead of 28 flughts per hour, the airport will now only accept 26 flights per hour.
This is, of course, in the aftermath of the collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight near the airport that killed 67 people.
According to an FAA spokesperson, the agency “is slowing traffic into and out of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport due to weather conditions and recovery efforts in the area.”
There’s also the issue of air traffic controllers at Reagan National.
“NTSB and FAA investigators have expressed concern for our tower personnel on duty, who have an increased level of stress while also having a front row view of the accident recovery,” said Timothy Arel, chief operating officer of the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization.
Officials confirm the decrease will lead to delays – probably by roughly 10 minutes, from an average of 40 minutes to 50. However they feel confident it will improve safety at the airport, which has long been considered by pilots and local officials as dangerously overcrowded.
No helicopter flights have been allowed at the airport since last Friday. That move is, as of now, indefinite.
This is a developing story. More info as we know it.
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