Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Friday that it is "unacceptable" that two commercial aircrafts had to abort landings at a Washington airport this week because of an Army Black Hawk helicopter that was flying to the Pentagon. In addition to the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration investigating what happened Thursday, Duffy said, he plans to talk to the Department of Defence to determine why rules were "disregarded."

The incident at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport involved a Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 and a Republic Airways Embraer E170, according to the NTSB. They were instructed by air traffic control to "perform go-arounds" because of the helicopter. "Safety must ALWAYS come first," Duffy said on the social platform X. "We just lost 67 souls! No more helicopter rides for VIPs or unnecessary training in a congested DCA airspace full of civilians. Take a taxi or Uber " besides most VIPs have black car service."