After jet collides with Black Hawk, NTSB urges helicopter restriction near DC airport
The agency says the approved helicopter route is too close to the approach to the runway where an American Eagle plane was ...
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Safety board calls to end helo flights on route of fatal DC crash
The National Transportation and Safety Board is recommending helicopters no longer fly along the route when planes are ...
NTSB to give update on deadly crash between a passenger jet and US Army helicopter
NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy told reporters last month that the Black Hawk’s cockpit recorder suggested an incomplete ...
A timeline of the January air disaster in Washington, the deadliest in the US since 2001
The Jan. 29 collision between an Army helicopter and a passenger airplane over the Potomac River in Washington killed 67 ...
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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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‘There is growth, even in death’: Fort Belvoir holds candle vigil for soldiers killed in Army helicopter crash over DC
We are gathered here this evening because of three soldiers we lost tragically.” Capt. Rebecca Lobach, Staff Sgt. Ryan O’Hara and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Eaves were killed in the Jan ...
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Investigators Say Black Hawk Altitude Gauges May Have Been Inaccurate Prior to Deadly DC Airplane Collision
A three-person Army Black Hawk helicopter crew may not have received accurate altitude readings in their cockpit or an important transmission from air traffic control before the deadly crash with ...