Concerns Raised About House Passed Bill that Would Loosen DCA Airspace Restrictions

Pentagon budget bill would loosen restrictions on military flights near Reagan National Airport

Salvage crews pull wreckage from the Potomac River by Reagan National Airport after the Jan. 29 collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet killed all 67 on the two craft. (Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles/U.S. Coast Guard)By Dan Ronan A Pentagon budget bill that passed the House and is heading to the Senate includes language that weakens some of the reforms on military flights near Reagan National …

Concerns raised about House passed bill that would loosen DCA airspace restrictions

A $900 billion Pentagon spending bill that has passed the U.S. House and now heads to the Senate is raising concerns because of some language the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, Jennifer Homendy, says weakens some of the reforms enacted in the aftermath of the Jan. 29 crash near Reagan National Airport. An Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet collided and 67 people in both aircraft died. “It represe…