She said while they are confident the Black Hawk was flying at 278ft at the time of the collision, this may not have been what the helicopter crew were seeing in the cockpit. “We are seeing ...
So, between the instrument flying and the night vision goggles, the Black Hawk was operating in an inherently vulnerable position, with high potential to miss details outside of the cockpit.
Less than 20 seconds before the collision, a radio transmission from the tower was audible on both cockpit voice recorders (CVR), directing the Black Hawk to "pass behind" the CRJ passenger plane.
The crew of an Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet over the Potomac River last month may not have heard parts of two radio transmissions about the location of the plane ...
but I want to caution that does not mean that’s what the Black Hawk crew was seeing on the barometric altimeters in the cockpit,” she said. “We are seeing conflicting information in the data ...
A three-person Army Black Hawk helicopter crew may not have received accurate altitude readings in their cockpit or an important transmission from air traffic control before the deadly crash with ...
“Seventeen seconds before impact, a radio transmission from the tower was audible on both (cockpit voice recorders), directing the Black Hawk to pass behind the (regional jet),” Homendy said ...
Washington, DC (CNN) — 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 ...
“I want to caution that does not mean that that’s what the Black Hawk crew was seeing on the barometric altimeters in the cockpit. We are seeing conflicting information on the data, which is ...