The NTSB’s preliminary report on the Jan. 29 crash that killed 67 people said current helicopter routes allowed around the airport are an ‘intolerable risk to aviation safety.’

The transportation secretary’s decision came after the National Transportation Safety Board cited a long history of near collisions between helicopters and airplanes near the nation’s capital.

Helicopter traffic should be permanently banned near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport during certain periods to alleviate congestion and avoid a repeat of the deadly midair collision that occurred there in January,