The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Tuesday issued two “urgent” safety recommendations after discovering thousands of close calls between helicopters and planes near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport following a midair collision in January.

An American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided on Jan. 29 as the plane prepared to land at Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport.

The National Transportation Safety Board released new information on what happened before a helicopter crash killed two people last month in Kinney County.

A medical transport helicopter crashed Monday in Mississippi, while carrying two hospital workers and a pilot, officials said.

A medical helicopter crash in Madison County, Miss., on Monday, March 10, has claimed the lives of all three people on board. The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) identified the deceased as Dustin Pope, 35, of Philadelphia, Miss.; Jakob Kindt, 37, of Tupelo, Miss.; and Cal Wesolowski, 62, of Starkville, Miss., on Tuesday, March 11.

The National Transportation Safety Board uncovered more than 15,000 “near-miss events” between helicopters and jets at Reagan National airport in just three years leading up to the American Airlines jet and Army helicopter collision that killed 67 people.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the National Transportation Safety Board’s recommendations will be accepted.

Investigators issued their preliminary report Tuesday in the probe into the devastating crash between an American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter.

The National Transportation Safety Board plans to give another update on the crash at 2 p.m. Tuesday. News4 will carry the news conference in the video player below