WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - More than two dozen
flights headed to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport were
impacted on Friday by recent rules barring flights during
presidential helicopter trips, flight tracking site
Flightradar24 said.
After a January 29 collision between an Army helicopter and
an American Airlines ( AAL ) regional jet killed 67 people, the
Federal Aviation Administration adopted new rules effectively
barring flights to the busy airport just outside the nation's
capital when the Marine One helicopter is transporting the
president. Flightradar24 said 10 flights on Friday night were
diverted to other airports and more than a dozen others were
held during a 38-minute period without arrival flights.