FAA’s Failure to Act on Safety Risks Blamed for Midair Collision

The US Federal Aviation Administration’s failure to monitor and act on safety risks in the airspace near Washington was among a number of systemic failures safety officials blamed for last year’s midair collision.

The National Transportation Safety Board has been investigating what caused a US Army helicopter to slam into an American Airlines Group Inc. regional jet attempting to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Jan. 29, 2025.

The accident, which was the worst US civil aviation disaster in more than two decades, resulted in the deaths of three military personnel on the Sikorsky UH-60L helicopter and ...