Near-misses in Washington, D.C

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Pilots have reported repeated close calls similar to fatal collision near D.C. airport

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Airline pilots flying into Washington , D.C. , have reported nearly a dozen near misses that were scarily similar to this week ’s midair collision that killed 67 people.

Last May , one of those helicopters passed just 300 feet ( 91 metres ) below a commercial airliner, triggering a cockpit collision avoidance alert.

The FAA has paused almost all helicopter flights from operating near the airport, with exceptions for police and emergency response.

In 2015 , a pilot reported a near-midair collision with a helicopter after being instructed to land on Runway 3-3 instead of Runway 1 , the airport’s main north-south landing strip.

Such incidents had led pilots and others in the aviation industry to grow complacent about the risks, another pilot wrote.

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