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Marine One Radio Fix Was Already Underway Before DCA Close Call

Gulfstream event at Sde Dov TLV
Gulfstream event at Sde Dov TLV · U.S. Embassy Jerusalem · CC BY 2.0 · source

NTSB investigators found that operators had flagged the communication trouble ahead of time, convening to address it and testing a fix before the incident occurred. The episode is a reminder that Part 91-level radio discipline around DCA's congested corridor leaves no margin for error.

With reporting from AVweb.

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