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Restrictions imposed on helicopter flights near DCA after midair collision, licensed pilot calls it ‘good stand-down’ period

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There are new restrictions to helicopter traffic around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport .

A midair collision between an American Airlines flight and an Army Black Hawk helicopter killed 67 people.

The black boxes of both aircraft were recovered on Friday ; the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder.

A licensed pilot and former aviation police analyst, Justin Russell , said these helicopter flights are essential.

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