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 ...
Helicopter in mid-air collision with flight 5342 may not have heard key instruction
The National Transportation Safety Board is holding a media briefing on the mid-air collision last month near Ronald Reagan ...
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 ...
Approach for Reagan National’s Runway 33 is within feet of helicopter corridor
Pilots who agree initiate a swooping turn that on final approach brings them northwest and low across the river — the path ...
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Real Helicopter Pilot Tries Rescue Mission in Microsoft Flight Simulator with the HPG Airbus H145
Hype Performance Group let me try out their H145 and Action Pack in Microsoft Flight Simulator. Here's a quick mission to ...
DC plane crash: Mapping the flight paths that put jet and helicopter on collision course
The collision occurred in airspace that is difficult to navigate. Flight data, video and air traffic control audio show how the tragedy unfolded.
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Two planes aborted landings at DCA due to helicopters in flight path in week before crash: report
Military helicopter flights forced at least two planes to abort landings at Reagan National Airport in the week before a deadly collision presumably killed 67 people on Wednesday, according to a ...
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Army helicopter was warned about American Airlines plane twice — with final alert coming just seconds before DC crash
Both times, the request was approved by air traffic control. At 8:48 p.m ... plane behind the American Airlines flight and about 11 miles from the helicopter. According to Dunham, the second ...
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 ...
Army helicopter, plane crash: NTSB gives investigation update
The National Transportation Safety Board provided an update on Friday into the investigation of the deadly Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines flight collision.
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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 ...