Federal investigators looking for the cause of the January collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people are recommending a ban on some helicopter flights.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Tuesday said the agency will make permanent restrictions to prevent helicopters from flying near Washington Reagan National Airport when two lesser-used runways are operational,

The agency says the approved helicopter route is too close to the approach to the runway where an American Eagle plane was attempting to land in January.

An American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided on Jan. 29 as the plane prepared to land at Washington, D.

There were over 15,200 near-miss events at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport between October 2021 and December 2024, the agency said