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The report, reviewed by The New York Times, said that one controller was communicating with both helicopters and planes.

The helicopter pilot was flying under visual flight rules (meaning the pilot was using their eyes, not their instruments to avoid other aircraft) and had reported to air traffic control that they ...

The responsibility of handling air traffic control for helicopters and incoming planes at Reagan National Airport were combined on Wednesday night ahead of a deadly collision, a report said.

UNDERSTANDING ALONG TO THE PILOTS. AND WE’RE ALSO HEARING FROM SENATOR JEANNE SHAHEEN, WHO SAYS THAT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL WORKERS HAVE LONG BEEN OVERSTAFFED AND OVER OR UNDERSTAFFED AND OVERWORKED.

The plane, which took off from Wichita, Kan., with 64 people on board, was landing at Reagan National – traveling north ...