FAA says it is investigating Trump helicopter safety incident in Washington

The Federal Aviation Administration is reviewing an air-traffic safety incident ‌Tuesday involving a military helicopter carrying President Donald Trump, the agency said.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration is reviewing an air-traffic safety incident ‌Tuesday involving a military helicopter carrying President Donald Trump, the agency said.

“The FAA is investigating a safety incident involving Marine One but it didn’t appear to be a dangerous close call and the aircraft weren’t apparently converging,” the FAA said.

Trump’s Marine One helicopter took off from the ​White House Tuesday afternoon, but air-traffic controllers had not halted commercial flights at nearby Ronald Reagan Washington National ​Airport as required under a policy set last year following a fatal collision, two sources told Reuters.

The Wall Street ⁠Journal first reported the incident.

Trump’s helicopter lifted off from the Ellipse near the White House around 2:33 p.m. (1833 GMT), on his ​way to Joint Base Andrews for a trip to Los Angeles, according to a pool report.