NTSB ‘concerned’ over 15,000 near-misses between helicopters and planes a DC airport in just 3 years before crash that killed 67
The National Transportation Safety Board uncovered more than 15,000 “near-miss events” between helicopters and jets at Reagan ...
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Black Hawk helicopter’s altimeter may have been inaccurate, pilots may have missed some calls from control tower
The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk, based at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, was flying a training mission in a dedicated helicopter route where it was not allowed to fly above 200 feet, according to a published ...
Hours-long closure on US-64 near Apex clears after crash causes downed internet lines
According to troopers, a commercial vehicle traveling on the highway along the Wake County-Chatham County line struck ...
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Route Used by Army Black Hawk During Deadly Collision Was Far Too Risky, Safety Officials Say
Federal crash investigators have said a helicopter route used by an Army Black Hawk for training when it crashed midair with a passenger aircraft over Washington, D.C., in late January, killing all ...
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Why Black Hawks will be flying over Hays, Arkansas City
Black Hawk helicopters will fly over Hays and Arkansas City as training for disaster responses and other scenarios.
Permanent Restrictions Ordered for Helicopters Flying Near Reagan Airport
The transportation secretary’s decision came after the National Transportation Safety Board cited a long history of near ...
After plane collides with Black Hawk, NTSB urges helicopter ban near Washington airport
The agency says the approved helicopter route is too close to the approach to the runway where an American Eagle plane was ...
D.C. plane crash investigators say Black Hawk crew may not have heard order to go behind plane
The National Transportation Safety Board gave an update on its investigation into the deadly midair collision between an ...
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Black Hawk pilots may have missed air traffic directive, flown on ‘bad’ altitude data before crash
Furthermore, the Black Hawk pilots may have had “bad data” on the altitude they were flying at outside Washington D.C. at the time of the Jan. 29 collision, which killed all 67 people aboard ...