FAA says it is investigating Trump helicopter safety incident in Washington

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is reviewing an air-traffic safety incident Tuesday involving a military helicopter carrying President Donald Trump, the agency said.
“The FAA is investigating a safety incident involving Marine One but it didn’t appear to be a dangerous close call and the aircraft weren’t apparently converging,” the FAA said.
Trump’s Marine One helicopter took off from the White House Tuesday afternoon, but air-traffic controllers had not halted commercial flights at nearby Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as required under a policy set last year following a fatal collision, two sources told Reuters.
Trump’s helicopter lifted off from the Ellipse near the White House around 2:33 p.m., on his way to Joint Base Andrews for a trip to Los Angeles, according to a pool report. A source told Reuters that Envoy Air 3742 departed at 2:34 p.m. and was involved in the apparent loss of separation incident with Marine One.