The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating battles that erupt at the Control Tower at Reagan National Airport or at the DCA outside of Washington, DC.

The brawl occurred between two air traffic controllers on Thursday, ending with blood on the control console dailymail.com It has been reported. Officers arrested 39-year-old Maryland employee Damon Gaines and charged him with assault and battery and Metropolitan Washington Airports Office police I said.

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“Employees are on administrative leave while we investigate the issue,” a FAA spokesperson told the Daily Caller in a statement.

The infamous airborne communion between an American Airlines plane and an Army Black Hawk helicopter occurred near the airport in January. All on both aircraft died, resulting in a total of 67 people being killed. A preliminary report by the FAA shows that the DCA has seen nearly 1,500 mistakes between aircraft over the past three years. (Related: Family members of DCA crash victims pursue negligence claims against the FAA, US military)

“I’ve heard that controllers do it in the parking lot, but this was a whole new level,” the source told Dailymail. “The facility is out of control. People are cracking because of what happened in January.”

“The people who work in that tower had to sit and see the bodies being pulled out of the river. There was no way you could not see it,” the source continued to argue about the prolonged effects of the January crash fall. “Leadership doesn’t provide enough support to these people. They never really sent experts to make sure these people are mentally OK.”