Military air drills re-routed after Washington tragedy

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Two military helicopter air drills routes have been suspended following the tragedy in Washington, Daniel Elwell, former FAA official says.  #Washington #Planecrash

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00:00It does sound, you know, having helicopters from the military doing training flights in

00:06and around an airport used by passenger planes. I mean, when you hear it explained in those

00:11terms, you know, you do think that does sound quite high risk activity. I mean, do you think

00:16there is going to be now a major rethink of these sorts of military training exercises?

00:22Yeah, I think they're going to, well, they already have two of the routes, the established

00:28routes, helicopter routes around DCA have been taken out or suspended while the NTSB

00:37does their work and the FAA and the military. All parts of government that have any responsibility

00:45with DCA and its operations are working together while the NTSB does their job.

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