Helicopter crew in collision with plane may not have heard key instruction from tower, NTSB says
The crew of the Army helicopter that collided in midair with an American Airlines jet near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan ...
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NTSB: helicopter crew may not have heard key air traffic control transmission before DCA mid-air collision
National Transportation Safety Board officials said Friday that a key transmission from Reagan National Airport’s air traffic ...
A timeline of air disaster near Washington, deadliest in US since 2001
More than two weeks after a helicopter and airplane collision near Reagan National Airport near Washington D.C. killed 67 people, investigators have completed their work at the scene where both ...
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NTSB: Black Hawk crew likely wore night vision goggles before midair collision, visibility issues cited by pilots for years
DC News Now has found complaints filed with federal aviation officials dating back to at least 2015, as well as a ...
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U.S. Army’s Athena ISR Prototype Makes First Deployment
U.S. Army’s Athena ISR Prototype Makes First Deployment is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week ...
NTSB considering possibility of ‘bad data’ leading to Potomac plane crash
NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said they are examining potential discrepancies between the actual altitude of the Army ...
A timeline of last month’s air disaster in Washington, the deadliest in the US since 2001
More than two weeks after a helicopter and airplane collision over Washington killed 67 people, investigators have completed ...
Just before DC crash Army helicopter may not have heard order to go behind jet: investigators
WASHINGTON -- Investigators say just before the collision the Army helicopter may not have heard the order to go behind the jet.
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Black Hawk pilots may have missed air traffic directive, flown on ‘bad’ altitude data before crash
It is likely the Black Hawk pilots “stepped on” the communication for less than a second by pressing the microphone key to ...
Army Helicopter Might Have Missed Critical Instruction Before Midair Crash
Investigators said that an air traffic controller had instructed the Black Hawk crew to pass behind a nearby passenger jet, ...
NTSB gives update on air crash between passenger jet, US Army helicopter
On Jan. 29, an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided as the plane prepared to land at Washington ...