On August 27, the National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report finding that White House construction and the temporary relocation of Marine One's takeoff point to the Ellipse contributed to a close call between President Trump's helicopter and a commercial jet. An air traffic controller cleared the jet for takeoff after missing warnings that Marine One was preparing to depart the area.
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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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The National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report released Thursday that White House construction and Marine One’s temporary use of the Ellipse contributed to radio problems before President Trump’s helicopter came close to a passenger jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Aug. 4 [thehill.com#1][cbsnews.com#1][scmp.com#1][abcnews.com#1][seattletimes.com#1][nytim
Construction work at the White House was a factor in the US presidential helicopter passing too close to a passenger plane in the skies over Washington earlier this month, investigators said Thursday. The close pass happened on August 4 after President Donald Trump took off on Marine One from a temporary site on the Ellipse, outside the grounds of the White House, during the construction of a perm
Helipad relocation led in part to incident where Marine One, carrying the president, had close call with passenger jet 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 . A preliminary report published Thur
Building work at the White House contributed to radio problems that led to a flight being cleared for take-off as Donald Trump's helicopter was departing Washington, investigators have revealed.
"White House construction played part in Trump helicopter incident....Helipad relocation led in part to incident where Marine One, carrying the president, had close call with passenger jet." According to the story, the White House helipad was moved a few hundred yards south, during construction of Trump's new helipad. That required re-siting the antenna used to radio ATC at Reagan airport. Problem