On Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration announced it would decrease the number of arriving flights at Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) located just outside Washington, D.C., due to poor weather conditions and ongoing recovery efforts affecting the flight paths.

The decision follows last week’s tragic incident where a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines regional jet as it was approaching for landing at DCA. The crash resulted in the deaths of 67 individuals, and teams from the National Transportation Safety Board are still working to gather wreckage from the site.

Additionally, a winter storm impacted the East Coast, particularly affecting travel in the Northeast as it rolled through late Wednesday into Thursday.

“The FAA is reducing flight traffic into and out of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport due to weather factors and recovery operations in the vicinity,” the FAA stated in a release to YSL News.

Reuters was the first to report that the FAA will cut down the arrivals from 28 to 26 per hour. This adjustment is expected to lead to slight increases in average delays at the airport during this period.

YSL News has yet to receive confirmation from the FAA regarding the specifics of the flight reduction or its anticipated duration.

According to information from Reuters, “investigators from both the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board have raised concerns for our tower personnel on duty, who are facing elevated stress levels as they observe the recovery of the accident,” explaining that the reduction in flight volume aims to alleviate some of the pressure on the controllers at DCA.

Contributing: Reuters

Zach Wichter is a travel reporter and authors the Cruising Altitude column. He is based in New York