The Federal Aviation Administration is tightening helicopter safety rules and will suspend use of visual separation between airplanes and helicopters near major airports, it said on Wednesday.
The announcement follows the January 2025 mid-air collision between an American Airlines
regional jet and army helicopter that killed 67 people. The FAA cited two recent incidents in issuing the new rules including a near miss involving an American Airlines flight and police helicopter near the San Antonio airport.
The helicopter and aircraft were on converging courses when the helicopter made a left turn to avoid the American Airlines flight, the FAA said.
American Airlines did not immediately comment.
