The Federal Aviation Administration will be permanently restricting nonessential helicopter operations around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in response to January’s mid-air collision over the Potomac River involving an Army helicopter and a passenger jet that killed 67 people.

The Federal Aviation Administration has imposed permanent restrictions on non-essential helicopter operations around the Washington, D.C., airport where an Army chopper collided with a commercial jet

The FAA is making significant changes at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after the National Transportation Safety Board urged "immediate action" to improve safety in the wake of a fatal midair collision in January.