The Jan. 29 collision over the Potomac River in Washington, DC — which preliminary reports have blamed on the military Black Hawk flying too high — was the deadliest US air disaster since 2001, and caused officials to change the flight path of helicopters near the airport.

The Army is pausing helicopter flights near a Washington airport after two commercial planes had to abort landings last week because of an Army Black Hawk helic

Image via Shutterstock Remind me not to fly to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. An Army Black Hawk helicopter almost collided with a plane not once but twice last week. The airport suffered two near misses with the Black Hawk.