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At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union developed one of the most iconic helicopter gunships in history ... helicopter was emblematic of the American intervention in the Vietnam War).

The agency says the approved helicopter route is too close to the approach to the runway where an American Eagle plane was attempting to land in January.

Last Wednesday, American Airlines flight 5342 and a US army Black Hawk helicopter collided near Washington DC’s Reagan National Airport, killing all 67 people aboard. The regional jet ...