Records show pilots complained for 20 years about near misses at DC airport

By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-31 03:27:39 | Updated at 2025-01-31 06:03:19 2 hours ago

Records show pilots complained for 20 years about near misses at DC airport
NBC Chicago ^ | January 39, 2025 | Bennett Haeberle and Lisa Capitanini

Posted on 01/30/2025 7:09:10 PM PST by rdl6989

For at least two decades, pilots have complained about near misses with helicopters and other aircraft in the congested airspace above Reagan National Airport, according to an NBC 5 Investigates review of complaints lodged with NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System.

The complaints are not necessarily investigated or corroborated by the federal aviation authorities but do underscore concerns raised by the pilots themselves about airspace congestion at one of the nation's busiest commercial runways in DCA.

NBC 5 Investigates found at least 16 complaints in NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System dating back to 2006 where pilots referenced near misses with helicopters or other aircraft while approaching Reagan National. The figures could be an undercount given that pilots submit their experiences to the NASA dataset voluntarily. Their identities were removed.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: reaganntl

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1 posted on 01/30/2025 7:09:10 PM PST by rdl6989

To: rdl6989

“Here's a phrase that apparently the airlines simply made up: near miss. They say that if 2 planes almost collide, it's a near miss. Bullsh.., my friend. It's a near hit! A collision is a near miss.

[WHAM! CRUNCH!]

"Look, they nearly missed!"

"Yes, but not quite.”

2 posted on 01/30/2025 7:12:01 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)

To: rdl6989

3 posted on 01/30/2025 7:12:10 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)

To: rdl6989

This is what I guessed might come out.
A dangerous mix of air traffic that has just been tolerated and shouldn’t have been .
Guessing pilots will have many stories.

4 posted on 01/30/2025 7:12:40 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?.)

To: rdl6989

One thing about plane crashes is they really follow the ‘comes in packs and waves’. None for a long time, then 3 or so in a row.

This has still been an incredible streak to the point I’d even feel safe now and I used to be extremely phobic of it.

5 posted on 01/30/2025 7:14:22 PM PST by TheSheliak

To: rdl6989

More evidence in the quest to solve the actual issues.

6 posted on 01/30/2025 7:14:29 PM PST by MortMan (Charter member of AAAAA - American Association Against Alliteration Abuse)

To: rdl6989

For as long as I can remember, DCA has been considered within aviation circles to be one of the most dangerous airports in America. It really should be closed, and its traffic moved to Dulles. With all of the unique low-level air traffic in that area, the prohibited airspace all around it, and the importance of some of the VIPs flying around, it’s a terrible location for a busy commercial airport. If not for the demands of the narcissistic Congresscritters, it would have been shut down long ago.

7 posted on 01/30/2025 7:16:24 PM PST by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)

To: rdl6989

Air traffic control has been on a razor’s edge for many years and that was with merit based hiring. Now the situation has become dire due to democrats destroying air safety. With lower standards we can expect more accidents, more tragedies.

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