The placement of a helicopter route in close proximity to the runway approach path at a busy commercial airport, a lack of warning to U.S. Army aviators about errors in the barometric altimeters in Black Hawk helicopters, and air traffic controller (ATC) workloads were all mentioned this week as probable causes behind the deadly midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA) in 2025.
On Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) heard hours of testimony regarding the collision between an Army helicopter and American Airlines Flight 5342.
