The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced the permanent closure of a helicopter route near Washington DC's airport where a fatal midair collision involving a passenger jet and an Army helicopter resulted in the tragic deaths of 67 people.

Aviation officials on Friday announced permanent curbs on helicopter traffic near Reagan National Airport, the site of a collision involving an Army Black Hawk and American Airlines flight that killed 67 people in January.

Helicopters will be permanently restricted from flying near Washington, D.C.'s airport on the same route where a passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided in midair, killing 67 people, the Federal Aviation Administration said Friday.