Pilots got 100 collision warnings for helicopters near National in past decade
Cockpit warnings logged by air traffic controllers show a record of persistent collision risks near Reagan National Airport ...
Trump blames ‘obsolete’ U.S. air traffic control system for the plane-chopper collision near D.C.
President Trump says he thinks a more modern air traffic control computer system could have prevented last week’s deadly ...
National Airport has long struggled to manage helicopter traffic, records show
Reports by pilots and government investigators show how concerns over coordinating airplane and helicopter traffic at Reagan ...
Trump blames ‘obsolete’ US air traffic control system for the plane and chopper collision near DC
The President says the crash wouldn’t have happened if the air traffic control computer system was newer, and he plans to ...
Senators grill investigators on the midair collision between an American Airlines plane and a Black Hawk military helicopter
Investigators trying to determine what caused last week’s deadly midair collision between a US military Black Hawk helicopter ...
NBC Washington13d
Investigation into deadly midair collision focuses on helicopter flight
But helicopters generally are not permitted ... is also probing the passenger jet, flight paths and air traffic control operations. An air traffic control supervisor in the tower at Reagan ...
Black Hawk helicopter was flying too high before DC midair crash with American Airlines flight, NTSB confirms
Data from air traffic control radar showed the military chopper was flying at 300 feet on the air traffic control display at ...
USA Today8d
DC plane crash updates: Helicopter had advanced tracking system turned off, lawmaker says
The air traffic control tower display showed ... it appears the helicopter exceeded the 200-foot maximum altitude assigned to the flight path it used on the night of the crash.
New York Post13d
Helicopter in DC plane crash was flying twice as high as it should have, lacked new tech as FAA nixes all chopper traffic near collision site
The military helicopter that collided with an American Airlines flight over Washington ... technology that would have alerted air traffic control to its dangerously deviated path, The Post ...
WOKV13d
Helicopter, plane collide: 41 remains recovered, 28 positively identified
Three soldiers were on the helicopter conducting a training flight while 64 passengers and ... Meanwhile, NBC News reported that an air traffic control supervisor allowed an air traffic controller ...