Controllers Warned Marine One Pilots About Communication Issues Week Before Dual Takeoff, NTSB Says
The preliminary report says Marine One’s first tower call was not received, and the helicopter and jet came within 0.82 nautical miles of each other.
- On August 4, Marine One and a commercial jet took off simultaneously from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, violating safety procedures established after a previous fatal collision.
- A hotline connecting the Pentagon to the tower at Reagan had been broken for more than three years, a failure the FAA did not identify until a recent congressional hearing.
- Air traffic controllers in Washington and pilots of President Donald Trump's helicopter met one week before the incident to discuss communication issues but failed to reach a solution.
- Citing a 2013 agreement requiring a three-minute warning, the Marine One pilot delayed the helicopter during the Aug 4 incident while the jet climbed to safety.
- The FAA acknowledged the aircraft briefly neared each other, violating protocols implemented after a midair collision last year that killed 67 people, though officials stressed the president was never endangered.
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Air traffic controllers in Washington and the pilots of President Donald Trump’s helicopter met to discuss communication issues one week before a jet was allowed...
Controllers warned Marine One pilots of communications issue days before near-miss with jet, NTSB says
Air traffic controllers in Washington and the pilots of President Donald Trump’s helicopter met to discuss communication issues one week before a jet and the chopper were allowed to take off at the same time, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.
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Marine Corps TimesMarine One crew failed to reach air traffic control before safety incident, NTSB says
A Marine One crew transporting President Trump failed to reach air traffic controllers before departing Aug. 4 and came too close to a passenger jet.
NTSB: Marine One Pilots Warned of Comms Issues Before Dual Takeoff
NTSB says Marine One helicopter crew failed to reach air traffic control before safety incident
The National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday the crew of a military helicopter carrying President Donald Trump that came too close to a passenger jet on August 4 failed to reach air traffic controllers before departing.
Controllers warned Trump copter pilots about radio failures 1 week bef
Air traffic controllers in Washington and the pilots of President Donald Trump’s helicopter met to discuss communication issues one week before a jet was allowed to take off just as Marine One left the White House, federal investigators said Thursday. Controllers reported not receiving the standard three-minute warning call ahead of Marine One flights and both sides agreed to an alternative in those instances — but that plan to relay the radio c…
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