The Army put helicopter flights to the Pentagon on hold on Monday after another incident last week forced air traffic controllers to divert two commercial planes that were preparing to land at Reagan National Airport (DCA), POLITICO reported.
The 12th Aviation Battalion, which transports political and military VIPs, will not be allowed to fly near DCA as the Army conducts an internal inquiry after a military helicopter reportedly “took a scenic route around the Pentagon versus proceeding directly from the west to the heliport” last Thursday. The incident prompted commercial flights to abort their landings, according to POLITICO, which cited “an email sent by an FAA official.”
Last week’s aborted landings came just over three months after an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines plane near DCA, killing all 64 people aboard the plane and all three…
