NTSB: Black Hawk Crew That Crashed With American Airlines Plane May Not Have Heard Critical Message
At the latest National Transportation Safety Board ( NTSB ) press conference, NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy shared the NTSB’s latest, best recollection of events before the mid air collision of American Airlines Flight 5342 with a Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk. It appears a key air traffic transmission was blocked by an attempt by the Black Hawk to reply.
But the operation went awry when two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters were shot down, and the American troops were plunged into a deadly firefight with Somali soldiers. The 18-hour battle left 18 ...
NTSB update on mid-air collision involving American Airlines Flight 5342 en route from Wichita to Washington, DC, and an Army ...
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