Non-essential helicopter flights will be restricted in the airspace around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, and mixed helicopter and fixed-wing traffic will be nixed going forward.

The Federal Aviation Administration has imposed permanent restrictions on non-essential helicopter operations around the Washington, D.C., airport where an Army chopper collided with a commercial jet

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.

Helicopters will be permanently restricted from flying near Washington, D.C.'s airport on the same route where a passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided in midair, killing 67 people, the Federal Aviation Administration said Friday.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that helicopters would be permanently banned from flying near Ronald Reagan National Airport