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U.S. transport secretary says working on telecom issues fix after close call involving Marine One

NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug 11 (Reuters) – U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Tuesday he is working to fix telecom issues flagged after a military helicopter carrying President Donald Trump last week came too close to a passenger jet departing Reagan Washington National Airport.

The incident raised serious questions about why the passenger airplane was allowed to depart while ​Marine One was nearby, a time when commercial traffic is typically halted.

Following a January 2025 crash between a ​military helicopter and a commercial jet that killed 67 people, the FAA barred mixed helicopter ⁠and jet traffic around the airport.

(Reporting By Doyinsola Oladipo in Newark and Allison Lampert in Montreal; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

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