US Army, FAA, NTSB to brief senators on recent near miss incidents involving helicopter

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.