FAA increasing air traffic control staff, supervisors at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is expanding enactment and oversight for the aerial postulation controller squad astatine Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) pursuing a fatal midair collision implicit the Potomac River that claimed the lives of 67 people.

In a connection connected Wednesday, the FAA announced it volition summation operational supervisor staffing from six to 8 people, and reappraisal certified nonrecreational controller staffing numbers astatine DCA.

The alteration comes aft the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued information recommendations for DCA pursuing the deadly Jan. 29 collision involving a commercialized level and an Army Black Hawk helicopter.

Wreckage is seen successful the Potomac River adjacent Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, connected Jan. 30. (Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles, U.S. Coast Guard via AP)

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In addition, FAA officials are besides evaluating existent accomplishment rates astatine DCA, which has the busiest runway successful America, according to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA).

The FAA volition reappraisal DCA’s accomplishment complaint of craft per hour, which is "disproportionately concentrated wrong the past 30 minutes of each hour," according to the agency.

Spacing betwixt each formation is required to support operations safe, according to the MWAA. 

Wreckage from American Airlines formation 5342 is pulled from the Potomac River adjacent Reagan Airport, Feb. 3. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)

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In March, the FAA announced it would permanently restrict "non-essential" chopper operations astir DCA, and destruct chopper and fixed-wing mixed traffic.

It besides prohibited the simultaneous usage of runways 15/33 and 4/22 erstwhile helicopters conducting urgent missions are operating adjacent DCA.

The aerial postulation power operation astatine Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport successful Arlington, Virginia. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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In effect to the crash, which happened during an Army formation check, the FAA said it volition besides beryllium sending its Critical Incident Stress Management squad "to enactment the well-being of controllers" this month.

The squad volition connection confidential enactment to unit "following stressful events," according to the statement.

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Regular wellness checks volition besides beryllium conducted astatine the facility.

The FAA did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.