WASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) - Senior U.S. officials

will answer questions from senators Wednesday about a May 1

incident in which two passenger airline flights were forced to

abort landings at Reagan Washington National Airport because of

a nearby Army helicopter.

Brigadier General Matthew Braman, director of Army Aviation,

Acting Federal Aviation Administration head Chris Rocheleau and

National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy will

appear at a closed-door roundtable meeting with a Senate

Commerce subcommittee on aviation to discuss the recent near

miss incident, said a spokesperson for Senator Jerry Moran who

chairs the panel. Rocheleau said last week the agency had barred

the Army from training or priority transport flights after the

incident.