Black Hawk pilots may have missed air traffic directive, flown on ‘bad’ altitude data before crash
It is likely the Black Hawk pilots “stepped on” the communication for less than a second by pressing the microphone key to ...
Helicopter crew in collision with plane may not have heard key instruction from tower, NTSB says
The crew of the Army helicopter that hit a jet may have had inaccurate altitude readings and may not have heard air traffic ...
A timeline of air disaster near Washington, deadliest in US since 2001
More than two weeks after a helicopter and airplane collision near Reagan National Airport near Washington D.C. killed 67 people, investigators have completed their work at the scene where both ...
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What caused the DC plane crash? Blackhawk helicopter may not have heard key transmission, NTSB says
A miscommunication and bad data may have contributed to last month’s deadly crash near Reagan National Airport.
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NTSB: helicopter crew may not have heard key air traffic control transmission before DCA mid-air collision
National Transportation Safety Board officials said Friday that a key transmission from Reagan National Airport’s air traffic ...
A timeline of last month’s air disaster in Washington, the deadliest in the US since 2001
More than two weeks after a helicopter and airplane collision over Washington killed 67 people, investigators have completed ...
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NTSB discusses the moments before a fatal air crash near Reagan National Airport
The National Transportation Safety Board has finished on-scene investigation of January's fatal crash between a regional jet ...
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 ...
Black Hawk crew might not have heard crucial tower instruction, NTSB says
The National Transportation Safety Board said the helicopter’s cockpit voice recorder didn’t capture key directions from ...
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World’s first pods that convert aircraft wind into energy installed at US airport
JetWind Power Corporation has installed Energy Capturing Pods at Dallas Airport to harness aircraft-generated wind for ...
‘Risk of a Collision and Loss of Life’: D.C. Crash Warnings Were Years in the Making
Concerns that a deadly collision could occur at Reagan National Airport had long been building. But attempts to draw ...