The FAA will restrict helicopter traffic around Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration will restrict helicopter traffic around Washington, D.

The National Transportation Safety Board has interviewed the air-traffic controller who was working at the time of the midair collision, board member Todd Inman said, adding that the interviews have been ongoing throughout the day.

Listen to the air traffic control at Ronald Reagan National Airport speak to the Army helicopter pilots shortly before the deadly crash.

Wednesday night’s fatal crash at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport involving a commercial airplane and a Black Hawk military helicopter has drawn renewed attention to air traffic controllers and what role they may have played in the accident that is believed to have killed 67 people.

PAT-25, do you have the CRJ in sight?” the controller asks the helicopter pilot, according to audio posted by the Associated Press.

Air traffic control audio recorded the final moments before and after the crash of an American Airlines regional passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter after a midair collision in Washington on Wednesday night.

Audio transmissions capture the moment air-traffic controllers warned an Army helicopter that it was on course to collide with an American Airlines Group regional jet midair near Washington, D.C., Wednesday evening.

Air traffic control (ATC) audio from Wednesday’s collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet reveals the moments before and after controllers witnessed the disaster unfold.