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Item 1 of 2 A crane retrieves part of the wreckage from the Potomac River, in the aftermath of the collision of American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the river, with the Capitol dome in the background, as seen from Virginia, U.S., February 3, 2025.REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
[1/2]2025年2月3日，从美国弗吉尼亚州视角拍摄的画面显示，一架起重机在波托马克河上打捞美国之鹰航空5342号班机与黑鹰直升机相撞事故的残骸，直升机坠入河中，背景可见国会大厦穹顶。路透社/内森·霍华德 资料图
[1/2]2025年2月3日，从美国弗吉尼亚州视角拍摄的画面显示，一架起重机在波托马克河上打捞美国之鹰航空5342号班机与黑鹰直升机相撞事故的残骸，直升机坠入河中，背景可见国会大厦穹顶。路透社/内森·霍华德 资料图…… 购买授权，请点击新标签页查看更多
华盛顿5月6日电（路透社）——一份报告显示，美国联邦航空管理局（FAA）的系统性失职导致了去年造成67人死亡的惨烈空中相撞事故，该局局长将于5月19日在国会山接受议员质询。
2025年1月，一架美国航空支线客机与一架陆军黑鹰直升机在罗纳德·里根华盛顿国家机场附近相撞，这是二十多年来美国最致命的航空灾难。FAA局长布莱恩·贝德福德将出席参议院航空小组委员会听证会，就该局落实美国国家运输安全委员会（NTSB）一系列建议的工作情况作答。
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此次听证会召开之际，美国众议院和参议院已分别通过了各自的航空安全改革法案。
“我们的航空系统十分脆弱，多起险些相撞事故已经证明了这一点，我们不能再拖延落实这些安全标准的步伐，”参议院航空小组委员会主席、共和党议员杰里·莫兰说道。
FAA未立即置评。
NTSB认定，此次事故的起因是FAA允许直升机在该机场附近飞行却未设置任何将其与民用飞机分隔开的安全防护措施，且未审查相关数据、未落实将直升机航线迁出机场附近的建议。
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NTSB主席珍妮弗·霍门迪批评了FAA，揭露了这座美国第26繁忙机场存在的严重沟通、文化与安全问题。该机场拥有美国最繁忙的单条跑道，国会议员也经常使用该机场。
NTSB就此次华盛顿撞机事故前暴露的一系列失职行为，向FAA提出了30余项整改建议。
自2021年以来，里根机场附近已有15200起商用客机与直升机的空中间隔违规事件，其中包括85起险些相撞事故。
NTSB发现，FAA在里根机场的交通管理上存在诸多问题，且否决了在直升机航线图上增设危险区域的建议。霍门迪表示，FAA还未按要求每年审查直升机航线，且部分航线的设计未确保足够的空中安全间隔。
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US FAA head to face questions from lawmakers after agency cited in fatal air collision
2026-05-06 16:29:27 UTC / Reuters
By David Shepardson
May 6, 2026 4:29 PM UTC Updated 2 hours ago
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WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) – The head of the Federal Aviation Administration will face questions on Capitol Hill on May 19 after a report found systemic failures by the agency led to a devastating mid-air collision that killed 67 people last year.
The January 2025 collision between an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was the deadliest U.S. aviation disaster in more than two decades. FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford will appear before a Senate aviation subcommittee to answer questions about the agency’s efforts to address a series of National Transportation Safety Board recommendations.
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The hearing comes as the House and Senate have passed competing bills to address air safety.
“Our aviation system is fragile, as demonstrated by the several close calls, and we cannot afford any delays in implementation of these safety standards,” said Republican Senator Jerry Moran, chair of the aviation subcommittee.
The FAA did not immediately comment.
The NTSB determined the accident was caused by the FAA’s decision to allow helicopters to fly near the airport with no safeguards to separate them from airplanes and its failure to review data and act on recommendations to move helicopter traffic away from the airport.
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NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy rebuked the FAA, shedding light on serious communication, culture and safety issues surrounding the 26th busiest U.S. airport, which has the single busiest U.S. runway and is regularly used by members of Congress.
The NTSB made more than 30 recommendations to the FAA, citing a series of failures before the Washington crash.
Since 2021, there have been 15,200 air separation incidents near Reagan airport between commercial airplanes and helicopters, including 85 close-call events.
The NTSB found issues with how the FAA handles traffic at Reagan and that it rejected advice to add hot spots to a helicopter route chart. Homendy said the FAA also did not review the helicopter routes annually as required and had routes that were not designed to ensure proper separation.
Reporting by David Shepardson Editing by Rod Nickel
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