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Air Traffic Controller Failed To Properly Alert Plane Before D.C. Crash, FAA Says

The acknowledgement came during the second day of testimony held to discuss the collision of a commercial plane and Army helicopter in January that killed 67 people.

The Washington Post on MSN · 4h

Tower failed to warn plane of Black Hawk’s path before D.C. crash, FAA says

It was the first acknowledgment by the Federal Aviation Administration of a possible error by the controller in the moments before the collision that claimed 67 lives.

FOX News on MSN · 34m

Air traffic controller should have warned plane of Army helicopter's path ahead of fatal DC crash: FAA

Air traffic controller failed to notify commercial plane crew about approaching Army helicopter before Washington D.C. collision that killed 67 people, FAA official says.

FAA, NTSB

WCVB Channel 5 on MSN · 5h

FAA faces scrutiny in NTSB hearings on deadly midair collision

The NTSB hearing is patining a picture of a control tower that was understaffed and ill-equipped to handle the traffic if faces.

WPLG Local 10 · 44m

NTSB criticizes FAA during hearing about crash killing 67

The NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy criticized the Federal Aviation Administration for not being able to prevent the American Airlines Flight 5342 and the U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter from colliding on Jan. 29. “Why did it take 67 lives to be lost and families who are just destroyed forever to understand what was occurring,” Homendy said.

Reuters on MSN · 1d

NTSB criticizes FAA for failing to act before fatal Army helicopter collision

The head of the National Transportation Safety Board sharply criticized U.S. officials for failing to act before the January 29 collision of a U.S. Army helicopter with an American Airlines regional jet in Washington that killed 67 people.

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Worries over military chopper routes, FAA staffing levels emerge as factors in midair crash inquiry

The National Transportation Safety Board enters a second day of public hearings Thursday on the January midair collision ...

5hon MSN

Plane Crash Hearing Witness Called Out for Allegedly 'Elbowing FAA Employee Mid-Sentence': ‘Not Gonna Put Up with That’

As the investigative hearing continues into the deadly mid-air crash between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines ...

12hon MSN

NTSB criticizes Army, FAA for deadly DC midair plane crash | Morning in America

The National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday opened a three-day hearing into the deadly midair collision over ...

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FAA failed to act before helicopter crash, US transport chief says

The Federal Aviation Administration failed to act despite dozens of near-miss incidents before a fatal January crash between ...

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FAA to modernize 40-year-old system after fatal Washington DC crash

New FAA administrator Bryan Bedford called the U.S. air traffic control system "unacceptable" and vowed major tech upgrades ...

NTSB chair blasts FAA over deadly DC crash: 'Are you kidding me? 67 people are dead'

At their closest points, helicopters and planes routinely flew within 75 feet near the airport, according to the NTSB.

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Thousands of flights were delayed at Newark Airport. Investigators want to know if moving this FAA facility caused it

The Department of Transportation’s inspector general has opened an audit into the relocation of the Federal Aviation ...