The Army on Monday said it’s suspending helicopter flights around the nation’s capital after two commercial airliners were forced to abort landings last week at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to avoid a Black Hawk heading for the Pentagon.
Two military spokespeople said the pause affects operations of Fort Belvoir, Virginia’s 12th Aviation Battalion, which is responsible for evacuating political VIPs in an emergency, according to Politico.
CBS News reported that the Joint Emergency Evacuation Plan, or JEEP, mission last week was the same operation and unit involved in the Jan. 29 midair collision with an American Airlines flight that killed 67 people. The Army had a four-week plan to resume those missions, and last week was the first, according to CBS News.
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