{"id":3109,"date":"2026-03-30T07:58:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T07:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=3109"},"modified":"2026-03-30T07:58:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T07:58:06","slug":"dc-air-traffic-controller-emily-hanoka-reveals-warning-signs-were-all-there-before-midair-crash-that-killed-67","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=3109","title":{"rendered":"DC air traffic controller Emily Hanoka reveals &#8216;warning signs were all there&#8217; before midair crash that killed 67"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A former Washington DC air traffic controller on duty the night of the fatal January 2025 mid-air collision involving an American Airlines plane and a US Army helicopter warned how there were \u201cobvious holes\u201d already in the system at the time of the disaster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe warning signs were all there,\u201d Emily Hanoka told CBS 60 Minutes Sunday, revealing how controllers had identified safety concerns and staffers were forced to keep Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport moving, even though its capacity was being stretched.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou had frontline controllers ringing that bell for years, and years, saying this is not safe,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Emily Hanoka, a former air traffic controller at Ronald Reagan National Airport, revealed the \u2018warning signs were already there\u2019 before the deadly January 2025 crash <span class=\"credit\">60 Minutes<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis cannot continue. Please change this and that didn\u2019t happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hanoka, who clocked off just hours before the smash over the Potomac River that killed 67, said safety recommendations were made \u2013 but they never went too far.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cControllers formed local safety councils and every time that a controller made these safety reports, another controller was compiling data to back up the recommendation. And many recommendations were made, and they never went too far,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Air traffic controllers were tasked with keeping the airport moving \u2013 even though 800 flights a day would take off from its main runway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome hours are overloaded, to the point where it\u2019s over the capacity that the airport can handle,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was definitely a pressure. If you do not move planes, you will gridlock the airport.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Jack Forbes \/ NY Post Design<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Controllers were forced to rely on a squeeze play \u2013 a highly-precise operation where planes take off and land within seconds of each other on just one runway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what has to happen, in order to make this airspace work. And it did work. It worked until it didn\u2019t,\u201d Hanoka said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were obvious cracks in the system, there were obvious holes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The American Airlines plane was approaching the airport\u2019s runway 33 when it collided with the Black Hawk helicopter, which was traveling south, over the icy river.<\/p>\n<p>Commercial and military aircraft often criss-crossed at low altitudes over the river, with former pilots describing it as \u201chelicopter alley.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Just one day before the air disaster, two near misses were reported, CBS reported. One of those involved an American Airlines plane that left Norfolk. Between 2021 and 2024, 85 near mid-air collisions were reported. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Wreckage from the crash is pulled from the Potomac.  <span class=\"credit\">60 Minutes<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The moment the collision happens.  <span class=\"credit\">Obtained by CNN<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Since the crash, the Federal Aviation Administration has rolled out a major safety overhaul, eliminating the practice known as visual separation.<\/p>\n<p>This was where pilots were expected to see and avoid each other in the skies.<\/p>\n<p>Air traffic controllers are now required to use radar to ensure aircraft remains separated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tragedy over the Potomac one year ago revealed a startling truth: years of warning signs were missed, and the FAA needed dire reform,\u201d Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.<\/p>\n<p>The FAA\u2019s move came after the National Transportation Safety Board concluded in its report that there was an \u201coverreliance of visual separation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officials also imposed restrictions on non-essential helicopter flights operating around Reagan airport.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 728px 160px; gap:2px; width:908px; background:#eee; padding:2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u901a\u680f\u9876\u90e8\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u6a2a\u5e45 908x258 \u8de8\u6574\u884c -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; height:258px; background:#ff6b6b; display:grid; place-items:center;\">\r\n    <!-- JuicyAds v3.0 -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" async src=\"https:\/\/poweredby.jads.co\/js\/jads.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins id=\"1114307\" data-width=\"908\" 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