The Federal Aviation Administration says helicopters will be permanently banned from flying near Washington, D.C.’s airport on the route where an airliner and an Army helicopter collided in midair.

The closure of the helicopter route near the airport makes permanent the restrictions put in place after Jan. 29 midair collision.

The transportation secretary’s decision came after the National Transportation Safety Board cited a long history of near collisions between helicopters and airplanes near the nation’s capital.

The closure of the helicopter route near the airport makes permanent restrictions put in place after the January 29 mid-air collision.

The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it is imposing permanently restrictions on non-essential helicopter operations around Washington Reagan National Airport and eliminating helicopter and passenger jet mixed traffic.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday announced it would permanently restrict “non-essential” helicopter operations around Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA),

The US Federal Aviation Administration detailed a series of restrictions on helicopter traffic near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport following a deadly midair collision in January.

The Federal Aviation Administration is permanently halting non-essential helicopter operations near Reagan National Airport in D.C., the agency announced Friday. The big picture: The closure comes after the National Transportation Safety Board's urgent recommendation earlier this week,