The FAA plans to reduce flight arrivals at Washington Reagan National Airport after a deadly collision between a military helicopter and a passenger jet.

The Federal Aviation Administration is reducing flights into Reagan National Airport from 28 to 26 arrivals an hour, according to two individuals with knowledge of the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

US aviation safety regulators are slowing the rate of aircraft arrivals at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to help ease the strain on air traffic controllers in the aftermath of a deadly midair collision last week.