{"id":169541,"date":"2025-05-15T11:40:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T15:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=169541"},"modified":"2025-05-15T11:40:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T15:40:20","slug":"pentagon-to-reagan-national-airport-hotline-was-down-since-march-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=169541","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon to Reagan National Airport hotline was down since March 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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EarthCam video showing the Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines jet over Reagan Washington National Airport. (EarthCam)<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A hotline between the Pentagon and Reagan National Airport was discovered to be inoperable since March 2022. The Department of Defense has responsibility for maintaining this line. It wasn’t until after May 1 when aviation officials discovered that the line was not working. Aviation officials played it safe and had a couple of passenger jets abort their landings while a black hawk was in the air near the Pentagon.<\/p>\n

From The Washington Post:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In another fresh disclosure, McIntosh said that at the time of the May 1 airspace conflicts, responsibility in National’s tower for guiding helicopters and other local traffic was combined under one person — a consolidation of tasks also in place the night of the deadly crash. Combining the jobs can increase the workload on controllers, experts say.<\/p>\n

After the crash, the FAA closed a helicopter route that passed along the Potomac River to the east of National and restricted helicopter traffic in an area around the airport. But military, police and medical helicopter flights have continued in the region, causing ongoing disruptions to passenger traffic. The Washington Post has identified at least two other flights to the Pentagon since the crash using the same looping route.<\/p>\n

McIntosh testified that the FAA was continuing to weigh its procedures in hopes of getting the Defense Department to exhibit “better behaviors.”<\/p>\n

Under questioning from Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas), McIntosh confirmed that after the May 1 incident, officials considered whether to suspend an agreement that allows the military to fly in the Washington area without receiving FAA clearance beforehand. Before the FAA took that step, however, the Army unit in Virginia announced that it would once again suspend helicopter flights to the Pentagon while it carried out a review.<\/p>\n

“We were extremely troubled by the incident that occurred, especially in light of DCA and the events that led up to the accident,” McIntosh said, referring to National by its airport code. “We were ready to deploy any option that we could use or we felt was necessary.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Duncan, I. (2025, May 14). National Airport, Pentagon hotline had been disconnected for three years. The Washington Post<\/em>. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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