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Military chopper traffic over Washington was a worry leading up to fatal midair crash, NTSB hears
The board focused on air traffic control and heard it was common for pilots to ask to use visual separation — relying on ...
Black Hawk Battled Bad Altitude Data Before Washington Crash
Safety investigators probing January’s midair collision between an American Airlines Group Inc. regional jet and a US Army ...
Night vision goggles may have hampered helicopter pilots before crash with jet, experts tell NTSB
The Army goggles would have made it difficult to see the plane's colored lights, which might have helped the Black Hawk ...
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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US Army helicopter in deadly Washington crash had technical issues
An investigative hearing into a deadly mid-air collision of a US Army helicopter and a passenger plane that killed 67 people ...
NTSB finds Army chopper in fatal midair crash with plane was above altitude limit
Investigators have found that a helicopter involved in a deadly crash with a passenger plane over Washington was flying above ...
5 new details from hearing on DC crash that killed 67
New details are emerging about the deadly collision between an American Airlines flight and an Army helicopter in January ...
Key Takeaways From the D.C. Plane Crash Hearing
After hours of testimony and thousands of pages of new documents, here’s what emerged in the first day of a marathon National ...
The unanswered questions heading into this week's DC midair crash investigation hearings
Six months after a deadly midair collision near Washington, D.C., investigators are holding three days of hearings to uncover ...