Federal aviation regulators have confirmed that Marine One, the helicopter used to transport the president, came within an unsafe distance of a commercial passenger jet in airspace near Reagan National Airport.
The National Transportation Safety Board has opened a review of the encounter, a step that typically follows any close call involving military and commercial aircraft sharing crowded airspace.
The incident adds to heightened scrutiny of near-miss events around the Washington-area airport, which has seen several high-profile air traffic controversies in recent years.
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Source: Reuters
