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FAA splits Hudson River airspace into 2 low zones

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The crowded airspace over the Hudson River, where nine people died in the collision of a small plane and a sightseeing helicopter, will be split into a low-altitude zone for local traffic and a higher one for longer-distance flights, the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday.

The new rules provide structure to a Hudson River air corridor that some pilots had compared...

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