Chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Jennifer Homendy, has appeared before the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) subcommittee, where she was questioned about the January 2025 crash between a Black Hawk helicopter and a American Eagle Bombardier CRJ700.  

When asked by Chairman Steve Womack to pick the most alarming data conclusions drawn from the accident investigation so far, Homendy indicated that her biggest concern was the regularity of collision alerts at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). 

Homendy told the subcommittee that there was data from 2011 to 2024 indicating that collision alerts were triggered monthly due to the close proximity between aircraft and helicopters at DCA.  

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