Ask many repeated publication publications, and they will tell you at Ronald Reagan National Airport, send red flags for years.
“For a long time I have been very tense about crowding in the national Reagan,” said Senator Tim Kane, D-FA.
“congestion Air field around Reagan and capital “He has played a role in this matter. The huge number of aircraft in the air is as high as it was ever,” said Senator Tim Shihi, R-Mont, a former fire control pilot in general.
“Many planes are roaming up and landing in Botomac,” said Senator Mark Kelly, De Areez, a former motory in the navy and astronauts. “Entry and exit from certain areas. The Pentagon. Other military facilities. Reagan there in that area that has been trafficking high.”
Senator Kevin Kramer said, RN.D. “Whenever I am in Reagan and I see that new gates are built, the station rises, I realize that there will never be another inch of the runway. The sky is somewhat crowded.” “I often think there is a lot of activity for this small plot of Earth. I'm sure there will be a reassessment of all of this.”
Rigan National Airport crashes: Black Hawk military helicopter crashes with the US Airways plane
Jetblue Airlines Airbus A320 fly via the American Capitol dome, where it comes to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
The worst air disaster in the country in nearly a quarter of a century In the Botomac River Less than Rigan National Airport in Washington on Wednesday evening. Sixty -seven people died after the American Eagle Flight 5342 collided from Whitchta, it was, with feet from a helicopter from the Sikorsky Black Hawk army from the runway.
Aviation experts say that flying inside and outside the National Reagan is one of the most sophisticated airports in the country. Approach from both the north and the south above the water. Pilots should move in a narrow corridor over the river – but do not fly over the nearby Pentagon. This is nothing about the Washington hole, the high -protection airspace in the capital. The White House and the United States Capitol are clearly visible when the planes take off to the north.
Moreover, the airport is known as notorious short corridors. The runway that tried to the American eagle trip on the ground extends a little more than 5,200 feet. Less than a mile in length.
This is not even the main runway. Standard commercial corridors are about 13,000 feet. The longest runway in Reagan National is about 7,000 feet. In addition, all three corridors cross each other. Such a composition is rarely seen in modern airports.
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The air shave was seen between an American aircraft plane and the Black Hawk military helicopter near the National Airport near Washington, DC, on a Dashcam video from the Anocostea joint base. (Stories)
Last spring, there was two accidents as the planes collided with each other while crossing the corridors.
The corridors are some of the most in the entire American aviation system. The airport is designed to deal with 14 million passengers annually. But this number rose to 25 million in 2023. The airport accommodates 800 takeoffs and an amazing landing every day.
There were efforts to close the national Reagan when it opened Dallas International Airport in 1962. Dallas is a monster of campus. However, it is located about 30 miles from Washington, DC, properly. The country's engines and mozzle were not attracted to Dulles when it was extremely easy to travel to the National Reagan, DePlane, arrest a taxi and reach the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to attend a meeting after 15 minutes.
Legislators, aviation, national security officials and Secret service He held serious talks on the closure of the airport permanently after September 11. It was believed that the air traffic inside and outside Reagan National posed a lot of risks on the government's headquarters. It will not take a lot of kidnappers to drive a plane and redirect it to the Capitol Hill.
After all, one plane crashed into the Pentagon on 9/11. The fourth plane – which crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. It was eventually bound in the Capitol.
Emergency workers recover the debris from the Botomac River in the wake of the collision of the 5342 American Eagle Journey and the Black Hawk helicopter, as it appears from Virginia, January 30, 2025. (Reuters/Carlos Baria)
However, the defenders of the preservation of Reagan have argued that it was almost impossible to kidnap a take -off plane and send it immediately towards the Capitol. It takes some time for the kidnapping engineer. Simply, there was not enough time to implement such a plan after seconds.
However, the authorities closed the national Reagan for more than three weeks after September 11. The new safety rules were in place once the airport was reopened. Aircraft can not have more than 156 seats. It was necessary that all passengers sit half an hour ago. Air guards patrolled most of the flights inside and outside the airport.
The Federal Reserve has reduced many of these restrictions anywhere from a few months to nearly four years after September 11. But this did not reduce the questions about the safety of this particular airport.
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However, supporters of preserving Reagan National have some of the most powerful allies in the country: members of Congress.
Long legislators maintain crazy tables. In fact, the invention of the jet plane contributed to such Bedlam. Legislators in high demand in their regions or states – and on the Capitol Hill. This does not mean anything about conferences in ASPEN or Halifax – and collecting bright donations in New York or San Francisco. So air travel, in addition to reaching a nearby airport, is very important in modern Congress.
The importance of flying is combined Colloquial Congress.
On Monday or Tuesday, a “fly in” days is often considered. The House of Representatives and the Senate do not really last late in the first day of the week. Consequently, the voices may not be revealed on Monday until 5:30 pm Easter in the Senate and 6:30 in the House of Representatives. Depending on whether the House of Representatives (and sometimes the Senate) is considered on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, they are considered a “smuggler”. The house may cut the city late in the morning or noon on a smuggled day. If the Senate is not confirmed for five days (which happened a lot this year, but not this week), the last vote often up to about 2:15 or 2:30 pm. Thursday.
Thus, legislators have a firm interest in maintaining the operation of the National Reagan. Even after 11/11.
Congress re -authorized programs to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for a period of five years in 2024. But one of the most controversial issues in the draft law is whether Congress should allow additional daily “openings” for Rigan National. Regular new flights begin within a few weeks to Las Vegas, San Diego, Sayattle, San Antonio and San Francisco. The legislators have blessed an increase in about 50 “holes” daily in the national Reagan since the end of the century.
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It tells us that only four of the Senate members opposed the FAA bill last year. The four were all Washington, the local capital, and the members of the Senate in the region: former Senator Bin Karden, DMD, who has just retired-along with Sense Van Holin, DMD, Mark Warner, D-FA, and Kane.
The Senate and Minister of Transport, Sean Duffy, confirmed a vote from the two parties on Tuesday. Duffy faced a crisis on Wednesday night. By Friday, the new secretary stressed the airspace about Rigan National Hill helicopter.
But like everything in Washington, the national key of Reagan is everything from reaching. It is difficult to find any major airport on this planet located near power cranes.
As long as the White House, the American Capitol, the Pentagon, is countless of federal agencies and pressure stores in Washington, it is doubtful that Reagan National will go anywhere.
Chris Bandolfo in Fox News contributed to this report.
