Marine One near-miss at Reagan National tests post-crash safety reforms

A Marine One helicopter carrying President Trump briefly lost separation from an Envoy Air regional jet departing Reagan National on Tuesday, triggering FAA and NTSB investigations. The same airport saw a 2025 collision kill 67 people, after which the FAA mandated departure pauses and banned visual-only helicopter separation near major airports. Reuters reports controllers did not pause departures as required. Whether post-crash reforms are being enforced is now the central question.