Pete Muntean

Without fail, drivers who don’t stop for me (or nearly hit me) in a D.C. crosswalk have Maryland tags.

BREAKING: The NTSB now says it is investigating Friday's near-collision at DCA involving a departing Delta Air Lines flight and four Air Force T-38s doing a flyover of Arlington National Cemetery. A preliminary report is due out in the next 30 days. https://t.co/mHrXa8sEQ7

DCA is still very much on edge after January's fatal midair collision, so there are some major questions here about why military aircraft flew so close to departing commercial flights. https://t.co/Tfx0x48SJH

Really good to see my guy @JordanOnRecord on the hill today. A real reporter’s reporter. https://t.co/5UTRAB5F81

Sobering. NTSB Chair Homendy says there was "virtually no margin of error" between DC Helicopter Route 4 and the approach path to DCA Runway 33. NTSB underscores the helo route had *no* clear lateral boundaries. Now Senators want to know where the FAA oversight failure occurred. https://t.co/JjFrHUOEap

NEW: Acting FAA chief confirms that this month's rash of false collision alerts in the cockpits of flights landing at DCA came from Secret Service and Navy anti-drone testing. @SenTedCruz says "it is inappropriate for such testing to occur," and lawmakers will investigate. https://t.co/cKRM8H8Nq8

Huge. "Clearly something was missed," is the big admission just now from the acting FAA chief after the NTSB uncovered repeat near collisions involving helicopters leading up to the DCA midair collision. The NTSB just said its info came from *publicly available FAA data* https://t.co/Rn0BGop9KR

NEWS: FAA acting administrator Chris Rocheleau says the agency will require *all aircraft* in DCA airspace to transmit ADS-B out data. The Army Blackhawk helicopter had ADS-B out *switched off* per a FAA policy that gives military aircraft broad leeway. https://t.co/iyKXMZUHjT

Wow. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy just said divers are *still* descending into the Potomac River—now 57 days after the DCA midair collision—to recover wreckage and personal effects. https://t.co/gpA4Ja1pXB

DCA hearing starts with @SenatorCantwell directing ire at the FAA: "Why did the FAA not act on 15,000 reports of dangerous proximity? How were these helicopter routes allowed to remain when alarm bells were literally going off in the towers? This lack of oversight must change." https://t.co/RkCMuWqCH7

NOW: Senate subcommittee hearing on the fatal DCA midair collision just gaveled into order. The FAA and Army are in the hot seat, with them appearing publicly before lawmakers for the first time since the crash. https://t.co/VRzfQsCIp9

NEWS: American Airlines now says every passenger hospitalized after yesterday's #AA1006 fire on the ground in Denver has been released from the hospital.

A few things pilots & flight attendants are pointing out to me Denver evacuation videos: Many passengers seen carrying their bags, which impedes safe evac. Also it appears the flaps were not down which would have let pax waiting on the wing slide to the ramp to safety. https://t.co/mRNCX0jO31

NEW VIDEO shows passenger POV of evacuation onto the left wing of American Airlines 1006 after the right engine caught fire on the ground. Denver International Airport now says *12 people* were hospitalized with minor injuries. https://t.co/Lm7G8vlYKs

UPDATE: American Airlines says *six passengers hospitalized* after flight caught fire on the ground in Denver. https://t.co/t9RzEKpSly

NEW VIDEO shows flames below the number two engine of American Airlines 1006. The Boeing 737-800 had just landed at Denver International Airport after the crew reported an engine vibration. https://t.co/IJOREASPzf

NEW IMAGES from @steve_schilsky show American Airlines flight 1006 at the gate in Denver with an engine on fire. At least some passengers evacuated onto the left wing. American says 178 people on board. https://t.co/tHKoQMOCCR