An American Airlines plane fly as a disposal with a crane, stationed near the Potomac River with a crane, when a passenger jet collides with a helicopter, while Arlington, Virginia, Ronald Reagan in the US lands at Washington National Airport (DCA) Sunday, February 2, 2025.
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US Transport Secretary Sean Dafi said that he spoke with the Trump Administration Advisor and CEO of SpaceX Elon Musk Regarding the improvement in the country’s airspace and the military use of helicopters in Washington raised concerns, after DC’s crowded airs Malignant collision Last week.
Dafi said on Wednesday, “I had a conversation with Elon Musk yesterday, a very remarkable man. He thinks that I probably do many of us, but he is the best technical people of the world, the world’s best There is access to engineers. ” Roadway Transportation event in Washington. “We are going to remake our airspace, and we’re going to hurry it.”
Dafi’s comments come a week later after an army black Hawk helicopter. Collision With an arrival American Airlines Regional Jetiner at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. All 64 people on US flight and three military crews on Black Hawk, which were on a training mission, were killed. It was The deadliest airline accident In the United States since 2001.
Musk did not immediately respond to the remarks request. SpaceX, with other space companies, Airplane with commercial airplaneLast month, A starship rocket Caribbean islands faced a failure due to debris rains, resulting in debris rainfall. Dozens of commercial flights to divert or delay To avoid the area.
The US airline officials have been asked to hire air traffic control systems over the years to hiring in addition to air traffic controllers to reduce the deficiency of one year.
Dafi said that an air traffic controller was handling both the airplane and helicopter traffic at the time of the accident and he would “look at the policies and procedures inside the tower.”
“We are going to pull back the authority to ensure that we have the right policies inside our towers, to make sure you fly, you are safe,” he said.
Dafi said that the authorities need to see the safety to operate the military training mission at night.
“And if we have such generals who are flying in helicopters for convenience through this airspace, it is not acceptable,” he said. “Go to a shame suburban and drive. You don’t need to take a helicopter.”
The US Army and the Department of Defense did not immediately comment.
The National Transport Safety Board, which is leading the investigation into the last week’s accident, is still investigating the cause of a deadly collision.
– Michael Sheetz of CNBC contributed to this report.
