What we know after American Airlines plane crashes with Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C.
Sixty passengers and four crew members from the plane and three Black Hawk helicopter personnel are feared dead as a recovery ...
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Army helicopter was alerted to plane’s presence 2 minutes before collision
Air traffic controllers twice alerted the crew of a U.S. Army helicopter to the presence of an inbound American Airlines jet, with the first warning issued two minutes before the aircraft collided ...
Over 90% of U.S. airport towers are understaffed, data shows
Less than 10% of the nation's airport terminal towers have enough air traffic controllers to meet a set of standards set by a working group that included the FAA and the controllers' union.
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 National Airport go back decades.
Mid-air collision of jet, helicopter near DC — what we know
The crash around 9 p.m. threw one of the world's most tightly controlled airspaces into chaos, 3 miles south of the White ...
Understaffed Air Traffic Control, DEI Are Unlikely Causes of D.C. Plane Crash
There's still a lot we don't know and initial speculation from the media and the president about the causes of Wednesday's ...
Some ENC flyers concerned about flying after Virginia plane crash
Investigators in Washington D.C. are continuing to comb through data as to what led an Army helicopter to crash into a commercial airplane. The incident left al ...
Washington plane crash: Air traffic controller 'allowed to leave early' before mid-air collision with Army helicopter
Listen here on your chosen podcast platform.An air traffic controller was allowed to leave work early meaning the tower was ...
Families mourn 67 killed in Army helicopter collision with American Eagle jet
All 67 people aboard an American Eagle flight from Kansas and an Army helicopter were killed in a collision Wednesday night ...
Audio captures aborted landing of plane from CT in D.C. due to helicopter traffic on day before crash
A plane flying out of Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, aborted landing due to helicopter traffic ...
What is known about the fatal crash of a plane and Army chopper
A passenger jet hit an Army helicopter with three soldiers as the plane got ready to land at Reagan National near Washington, ...
Former pilot explains how air traffic control manages communication with aircraft
Following the collision between an American Airlines flight and Black Hawk helicopter, retired American Airlines captain Richard Levy said effective communicat ...