FAA slows flights into Reagan National Airport to address safety concerns after crash

The Federal Aviation Administration has limiting the number of flight into Ronald Reagan National Airport to address safety concerns following the deadly crash last week between a military helicopter and a commercial airliner. 

The FAA told airlines late Wednesday the maximum number of arrivals is being reduced from 28 to 26 an hour and that the change will "reduce risk and allow a little space for extra coordination." The reduction will also increase average delays from at the busy airport, just outside of Washington, D.C., 40 to 50 minutes.

The agency said in statement the change was the result of "weather conditions and recovery efforts in the area."

The statement was issues as a winter storm with snow, sleet and freezing rain was coming into the D.C. area.

National Transportation Safety Board investigators are still collecting wreckage from the American Airlines flight that collided Jan. 29 with a military helicopter and plunged into the Potomac River, killing also 67 aboard the flights.