Senator Tim Kane (D-VA) is concerned that the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Space is overcrowded after a fatal clash between a military helicopter and an airline airplane that killed 67 people. Doubled in interviews about.
“Instead of such congestion in Reagan National, it is necessary to spread traffic between these airports. The other thing about Reagan National is that there are many military flights when you are in downtown DC.” Kane said while appearing on Thursday. Fox News. “It's a very complicated and crowded airspace. After 9/11, including specific security details, it became more complicated.”
According to Kaine, “There is a runway structure that is very close to downtown Washington and can provide services to 15 million passengers inside and outside the airport. Currently more than 20 million. Make a maximum of 25 million passengers AAA.
The Virginia State Congress was one of the Democratic Senator who did not regain the re -approval contract of the Federal Aviation Airlines (FAA) last year. Kane said that busy traffic at the airport was a major security risk. National Airport is one of the busiest airports in Japan.
Authorities believe that there is no survivor between the Blackhawk Army Helicopter and the American Airlines Flight from Kansas after the crash on Wednesday night. 60 passengers boarded with four crew members.
Kaine praised the FAA's re -approval method and praised for dealing with the shortage of air control officers in Japan, but it became impossible to vote by adding a national airport.
“It was most of the bill, but the addition of more traffic to Reagan National was a bad part of the bill,” Kane told the Fox News Anchor Bret Bayer. “I wanted to support this bill, but I opposed it to hinder more flights in Reagan National.”
Virginia Senator made a similar statement during the CNN in the first half of Thursday.
“It's a popular place for people to come, but we can spread traffic between airports. So we have already strongly oppose adding more flights, and we think it's already dangerous. He said on Thursday.
