Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sharply rebuked the Pentagon on Friday after an Army Black Hawk helicopter flew dangerously close to two commercial airliners at Reagan National Airport (DCA), forcing both to abort landings in what federal authorities are investigating as a “loss of separation” event.
“Unacceptable,” Duffy wrote on social media. “Our helicopter restrictions around DCA are crystal clear … I’ll be talking to the Department of Defense to ask why the [expletive] our rules were disregarded.”
The incident took place on May 1 at around 2:30 p.m. local time when Delta Air Lines Flight 1671 from Orlando and Republic Airways Flight 5825 from Boston were on final approach to Reagan National Airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)….