FAA says it is investigating Trump helicopter safety incident in Washington
FAA is investigating an air-traffic safety incident involving Marine One, the helicopter carrying President Trump.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is investigating an air-traffic safety incident involving a military helicopter carrying President Donald Trump. The FAA is examining whether the Marine One helicopter and a regional jet, Envoy Air 3742, maintained proper separation during their flights near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
The incident occurred as Trump's helicopter took off from the White House to head to Joint Base Andrews for a trip to Los Angeles. Envoy Air 3742, bound for Pensacola, Florida, also departed around the same time. Both aircraft landed without incident, but the FAA is planning to convene a Safety Review Team to investigate the matter.
This incident comes in the wake of a fatal mid-air collision in January 2025 between an American Airlines regional jet and an Army helicopter, which the National Transportation Safety Board attributed to systemic failures by the FAA. Following that crash, the FAA imposed permanent restrictions on helicopter operations around Reagan National Airport and banned mixed helicopter and jet traffic in the vicinity when Marine One is in flight.
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