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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 ...
NTSB hearing reveals air traffic controllers should have warned passenger plane about helicopter before collision, but didn’t
The National Transportation Safety Board will question witnesses Thursday about air traffic control training, a key part of ...
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 ...
Night vision goggles may have hampered helicopter pilots before crash with jet, experts tell NTSB
The goggles also limited the pilots' peripheral vision as they flew near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
‘Least safe it has ever been’: NTSB witness says of DCA airspace
A witness criticized the safety of Ronald Reagan National Airport’s airspace since a mid-air crash in January during day two ...
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 ...
NTSB hearing live updates: Black Hawk devices gave crew wrong altitude data before D.C. plane crash
The NTSB begins three days of hearings on the deadly D.C. plane crash with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport.
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 ...