Did air traffic controllers do anything wrong in DC plane-helicopter collision?
Wednesday night’s fatal crash at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport involving a commercial airplane and a Black Hawk military helicopter has drawn renewed attention to air traffic controllers and what role they may have played in the accident that is believed to have killed 67 people.
Air traffic controller ‘allowed to leave work early’ shortly before crash
At the time of the collision there was one controller managing traffic for both helicopters and planes, according to The New York Times
Listen: Air traffic controller audio before the midair plane crash near D.C.
Air traffic controller audio and radar reviewed by NPR offer some insight into what happened before the collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
‘Oh My’: What Air-Traffic Radio Tells Us About the American Airlines Plane Crash
Transmissions show early instruction for an Army helicopter to avoid the passenger jet.
DC plane crash air traffic control audio reveals moment controllers saw disaster: 'Tower did you see that?'
Air Traffic Control (ATC) audio from Wednesday’s collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet reveals the moments before and after controllers witnessed the disaster unfold.
Charlotte-based flight attendants were on American Airlines plane that crashed in DC
Officials said all 60 passengers aboard the plane, the four flight crew members and three soldiers in the helicopter are dead.
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Report says staffing in control tower was ‘not normal’ at time of deadly midair collision
A report by the Federal Aviation Administration says staffing in the air traffic control tower was “not normal” at time of ...
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A tragedy reveals D.C. has run out of sky
National will always be essential but safety demands that air traffic be spread across the region.
Not just Reagan: Airports across the US have struggled with air traffic control staffing in recent years, data shows
Some major US airports had less than 60% of their staffing targets filled with fully certified controllers in recent years, ...