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Black Hawk Helicopter Probably Didn't Realize How High It Was Before Fatal Collision with Passenger Plane: Officials

The afternoon portion of the hearing also featured scrutiny of the helicopter flight path next to the airport. FAA air traffic control specialist Clark Allen testified that helicopters flying around ...

Black Hawk helicopter pilots unaware of collision course with plane in DC, NTSB says

On day 1 of the NTSB’s hearings on the deadly crash, investigators revealed the helicopter pilots were likely unaware of how ...
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What NTSB heard in day 2 of hearings on fatal crash involving jet from Kansas

During the second of three days of witness testimony and public inquiry by the National Transportation Safety Board into the ...

Army knew of Black Hawk altitude errors years before DCA crash, NTSB finds

A National Transportation Safety Board hearing revealed that the U.S. Army was aware of altitude discrepancies on Black Hawk ...

Final Conversation Revealed Between Black Hawk Pilot and Her Instructor Before They Collided with Passenger Jet

New details have been released about the seconds before an Army helicopter collided with an American Airlines jet in January ...

Newly-released video shows horrific moment Army Black Hawk and American Airlines plane collided in fiery DC crash

Horrific newly-released video shows the moment a passenger jet and US Army Black Hawk helicopter collided in Washington, DC, ...

‘We just make it work’: Strained air traffic culture at Reagan National Airport exposed by NTSB crash inquiry

Federal investigators investigating the deadly midair collision near Ronald Reagan National Airport described a strained, high-stress air traffic culture where controllers relied on experience, thin ...