NTSB Blames Communication Issues in Marine One Helicopter Incident
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A preliminary report published Thursday by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) blamed “communication issues” for the failure of the crew of Marine One, the presidential helicopter, to give the required three minutes’ notice to air traffic controllers that they were about to take off from the White House.
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Washington ExaminerThe pilots of Marine One tried to resolve communication issues in a meeting with air traffic controllers from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport five days before the presidential transport helicopter departed at the same time as a passenger jet, according to a preliminary report released by the National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday.
Fox NewsAfter failing to reach the tower, the Marine One crew tried to relay the required three-minute notification through the helicopter facility at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, but that effort was unsuccessful as well, according to the report.
ABC NewsPresident Donald Trump was inside Marine One on Thursday when the helicopter lost communication with air traffic control, and another helicopter in the squad had to relay messages.
The HillNTSB: Temporary Ellipse site factored into Marine One incident The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a preliminary report Thursday blaming the location of a temporary Ellipse site for an incident in early August where President Trump’s Marine One (VM1) helicopter came within a mile of a passenger jet. The report stated that VM1 attempted to contact air traffic controllers twice at Reagan Washington…
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On Aug. 4, Marine One took off from the Ellipse park near the White House around the same time as an Envoy Air flight departed from DCA. President Donald Trump was aboard the helicopter at the time.
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Fox NewsInstead, Envoy Air Flight 3742, an Embraer E-170 bound for Pensacola, Florida, was cleared to take off from Runway 1 as Trump departed the White House aboard Marine One for a planned trip to Los Angeles.
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FAA rules require aircraft to remain separated by at least 1.5 miles (2.4km) horizontally and 500ft (152m) vertically around airports. The NTSB said Marine One and the plane were at one point separated by 0.82 nautical mile (0.94 mile or 1.5km) laterally and 700ft (213m) vertically.
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Fox NewsWhile the aircraft were estimated to be less than 1.5 nautical miles apart horizontally, the NTSB said the preliminary estimate of 700 feet of vertical separation met the applicable FAA standard. In the relevant Class B airspace, the standard requires either 1.5 nautical miles of lateral separation or 500 feet of vertical separation.
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The union said it is discussing allegations the workers clocked out. The Federal Aviation Administration is looking to fire two LaGuardia Airport air traffic controllers who went home early on March 22 when a plane slammed into a Port Authority fire truck killing two pilots, sources familiar with the investigation told ABC News Thursday.
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The Daily WireFederal aviation officials have moved to fire the two controllers who left the tower about an hour before their shifts ended on March 22, the Wall Street Journal reported. Their early departure left just two controllers to manage a workload that had swelled to more than twice the airport’s normal traffic volume.
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On that front, the FAA is said to have fired about 10 controllers. “The vast majority of air-traffic controllers are great patriots—they show up for work, complete their full shift, and come back and do it all again,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told the Journal. “But when a small percentage of individuals take advantage of the American taxpayer, unfairly add additional work to their fellow controllers, and impact the airspace—we have no choice but to act. We will not tolerate fraud.”
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ABC News"The vast majority of air traffic controllers are great patriots -- they show up for work, complete their full shift, and come back and do it all again," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a statement Thursday.
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01 Washington Examiner The on-duty controller relayed that information to the helicopter pilots, who then reported seeing the commercial flight and decided to briefly delay Marine One. Both aircraft proceeded on their respective journeys.
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02 The Guardian US Safety officials say the relocation of a helipad amid Donald Trump’s multi-project White House reconstruction led in part to an incident earlier this month in which a military helicopter carrying the president came too close to a passenger jet.
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03 Fox News The missed warning meant Reagan National controllers did not receive notice that would have required them to stop departures before the presidential helicopter lifted off.
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05 ABC News The agency is looking into allegations that the unidentified controllers left about an hour early before the Air Canada Express jet and the rescue-and-firefighting vehicle collided, according to The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the FAA's push to fire the controllers.
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06 New York Times White House Construction May Have Contributed to Close Call With Trump’s Helicopter A controller let a jet take off after missing warnings that Marine One was about to fly through the area, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
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07 The Daily Wire Hours later, an Air Canada Express Bombardier CRJ-900 — flying from Montréal to New York — collided with a Port Authority firetruck on the LaGuardia runway that Sunday shortly before midnight, killing both pilots and leaving dozens injured.
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