Aviation authorities on Friday permanently closed part of a helicopter route east and southeast of Reagan National Airport where an Army Black Hawk collided with an airliner in January, killing 67 people,

Five soldiers are safe after an Army helicopter crashed in Honduras on Wednesday morning during a routine training mission, U.S. Southern Command confirmed.

The move follows federal investigators's call for a ban on helo flights on the route, citing a string of near misses in recent years.