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[1/2]美国联邦航空管理局（FAA）代理局长克里斯·罗什洛在一场美国参议院商务、科学与运输委员会听证会上作证，该听证会针对2025年1月29日发生在罗纳德·里根华盛顿国家机场（DCA）附近的美国航空5342号航班与美军黑鹰直升机空中相撞事件，拍摄于美国华盛顿特区国会山，2025年3月27日。路透社/肯特·西村
华盛顿7月30日电（路透社）——领导美国联邦航空管理局应对2025年1月致命撞机事件的官员将于下周离职。此次撞机事件发生在里根华盛顿国家机场附近，造成一架美军直升机与一架美国航空支线客机相撞，共计67人遇难。
此前在致命撞机事故发生数日前被任命为代理局长的FAA副局长克里斯·罗什洛，在路透社看到的一封致员工的邮件中表示，他将离开该机构赴任新职。
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FAA总法律顾问利亚姆·麦肯纳将出任代理副局长。
美国国家运输安全委员会认定，此次撞机事件的起因是FAA允许直升机在无任何与飞机隔离防护措施的情况下在机场附近飞行，且未审查相关数据并落实将直升机航线迁出机场附近的建议。
罗什洛曾于7月前担任FAA代理局长，此后以副局长身份继续监督安全事务。他去年曾向国会承认相关数据令人担忧，称：“显然有疏漏之处。”
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美国国家运输安全委员会去年表示，自2021年以来，在里根机场附近发生过超过15200起商业飞机与直升机的近距离接触事件，两者横向间隔不足1海里，垂直间隔不足400英尺。
撞机事件发生后，FAA已推出多项改革措施，包括修改多个机场的直升机航线，并于今年3月暂停在大型机场附近使用目视隔离规则。
去年，在2025年5月一起险些酿成事故的事件迫使两架民用飞机放弃着陆后，FAA禁止美军在五角大楼附近开展直升机飞行。
今年1月，FAA宣布进行机构重组，设立新的安全监督办公室，将五个不同部门的职能整合统一。
作为重组的一部分，FAA正在建立安全管理体系，并在全机构范围内推行安全风险管理流程。
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FAA official who led response to fatal collision is stepping down
July 30, 2026 8:41 PM UTC Updated 2 hours ago / Reuters
By David Shepardson
Acting Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Chris Rocheleau testifies during a U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on the midair collision involving American Airlines 5342 and a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) on January 29, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 27, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura
[1/2]Acting Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Chris Rocheleau testifies during a U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on the midair collision involving American Airlines 5342 and a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National… Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tabRead more
WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) – The official who led the Federal Aviation Administration response to the fatal January 2025 collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines regional passenger jet that killed 67 people near Reagan Washington National Airport is stepping down next week.
Deputy FAA Administrator Chris Rocheleau, who had been named acting administrator days before the fatal crash, told employees in an email seen by Reuters he was leaving the agency for a new opportunity.
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The FAA’s general counsel, Liam McKenna, will serve as acting deputy administrator.
The National Transportation Safety Board determined the collision was caused by the FAA’s decision to allow helicopters to travel close to the airport with no safeguards to separate them from airplanes and its failure to review data and act on recommendations to move helicopter traffic away from the airport.
Rocheleau, who served as acting head of the FAA until July and has continued to oversee safety issues as deputy administrator, acknowledged the data was troubling, telling Congress last year: “Clearly something was missed.”
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The NTSB said last year that since 2021, there were more than 15,200 occurrences at Reagan between commercial airplanes and helicopters with lateral separation distance of less than 1 nautical mile and vertical separation of less than 400 feet.
The FAA has made a number of changes since the collision, including revising helicopter routes at several airports, and in March suspended use of visual separation between airplanes and helicopters near major airports.
Last year, the FAA barred the Army from helicopter flights around the Pentagon after a May 2025 close call that forced two civilian planes to abort landings.
In January, the FAA announced a restructuring and created a new safety oversight office to consolidate functions across five different units.
As part of the restructuring, the FAA is creating a safety management system and implementing an FAA-wide safety risk management process.
Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Aurora Ellis
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