A bombshell Federal Aviation Administration report revealed that the control tower where pilots were receiving instructions from was understaffed before the plane crash in Washington, DC.
Typically, two controllers are supposed to be informing airplanes landing at and leaving from the Ronald Reagan International Airport and directing helicopters flying in the area. However, at the time of the accident, there was only one controller handling the directions, according to an internal preliminary safety report reviewed by the New York Times.
