US airlines want less helicopter traffic near Washington airport
A group representing U.S. airlines plans to urge federal aviation officials to permanently reduce helicopter traffic around ...
3D analysis shows how helicopter pilots could have mixed up jets in DCA crash
From the perspective of the helicopter cockpit, the lights of the incoming American Airlines jet could have also been ...
Black Hawk helicopter's altitude at issue; families of crash victims 'want answers'
Victims' families gathered near the site where a plane and copter collided and fell into the Potomac River. 'They are all ...
What we know after American Eagle plane and Black Hawk helicopter collide near Washington, D.C.
Sixty passengers and four crew members from the plane and three Black Hawk helicopter personnel were killed, and a recovery ...
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Black Hawk helicopter’s altimeter may have been inaccurate, pilots may have missed some calls from control tower
A preliminary analysis of the flight data and voice recorder on board a Black Hawk helicopter leading up to the collision with a commercial flight over Washington, DC, on January 29, indicated the ...
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D.C. Fire Boat Captain Calls Response to Plane, Helicopter Crash a 'Nightmare'
D.C. Fire and EMS marine pilot CJ Isbell recalls the response to the deadly aviation incident "some of the worst things ...
D.C. plane crash investigators say Black Hawk crew may not have heard order to go behind plane
The National Transportation Safety Board gave an update on its investigation into the deadly midair collision between an ...
Black Hawk Top Speed: How Fast Is The Military Helicopter?
The commercial variant of the helicopter — the Sikorsky Black Hawk S-70 — which has a maximum gross weight (GW) of 22,000 lb, ...
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Mid-air collision draws attention to military helicopter training, previous accidents
The Washington-area airport ... according to Army officials. The Black Hawk helicopter involved in Wednesday's crash is one of many helicopter types used by the military. Maj.
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Mid-air collision draws attention to military helicopter training, previous accidents
The Washington-area airport ... Gaub, the retired Black Hawk pilot, said there were thousands of military helicopter flights over many years in that particularly dense airspace.