Emergency teams will continue efforts to retrieve the bodies of those who died when a passenger jet and helicopter collided.
Last year, senators from Virginia and Maryland sounded the alarm over congestion in the skies above Washington.
Before the additional flights were approved, a senator warned that the increase could heighten the risk of collisions.
An American Airlines regional passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided midair and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night.
The local airport authority noted that pilots described Washington-National as one of the most challenging in the US.
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