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Search and rescue efforts are seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, early Thursday morning, Jan. 30, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., on July 29, 2025. (7News)
Crews work to recover a military helicopter and American Airlines plane on Jan. 30, 2025, after a mid-air crash over the Potomac River in D.C. near Reagan National Airport on Jan. 29. (Ben Rice/7News){ }{p}{/p}
Christina Stovall, whose son, Mikey Stovall, died on American Airlines flight 5342 in a collision with a U.S. military helicopter, weeps as she leaves the room during the NTSB fact-finding hearing on the DCA midair collision accident, at the National Transportation and Safety Board boardroom, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy presides over the NTSB fact-finding hearing on the DCA midair collision accident, at the National Transportation and Safety Board boardroom, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Dailey Crafton speaking to 7News on March 26, 2025, about the Jan. 29 midair plane collision near Reagan National Airport. Crafton's brother, Casey, was onboard the American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, when it collided with a military helicopter, killing all 67 people involved. (7News)
Search efforts are seen around a wreckage site of a deadly midair collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter, in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Deadly Potomac collision prompts urgent calls for airspace safety reforms

Search and rescue efforts are seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, early Thursday morning, Jan. 30, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)