The airspace where an American Airlines passenger jet and a military Black Hawk helicopter crashed is one of the most crowded in the United States, potentially leading to the deadly collision, former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Friday on Newsmax.

“You have three international airports,” LaHood, who served under President Barack Obama, said on “Wake Up America.” “You have Dulles in Northern Virginia, you have Reagan in downtown Washington, D.C., and you have Baltimore just a few miles down the road in Maryland.”

In addition, there are Andrews Air Force Base, the home of all Air Force planes used by the government, and a helicopter base “right across the river from Reagan Airport,” said LaHood.

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