By David K. Li and Jay Blackman The National Transportation Safety Board wants to severely restrict helicopter traffic near Ronald Reagan National Airport, officials said Tuesday, in the wake of a catastrophic midair collision that killed 67 people. The Jan. 29 collision tragedy near the nation’s capital was the deadliest such U.S. air crash in more than 20 years, and NTSB Chairperson Jennifer Homendy called on the Federal Aviation Administration to enact immediate restrictions. The NTSB asked the FAA to prohibit helicopters from flying near the airport, in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, when Runway 15/33 is in use. The existing allowable distances between planes
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