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NTSB hearing reveals air traffic controllers should have warned passenger plane about helicopter before collision, but didn’t
The National Transportation Safety Board will question witnesses Thursday about air traffic control training, a key part of ...
Helicopter didn't hear command to pass behind jet, NTSB says in DC crash hearing
On the eve of the investigative hearings, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz introduced legislation called "The Rotor Act," which would ...
Fort Eustis helicopter unit will cease operations amid restructuring
The U.S. Army Reserve Aviation Command will inactivate the 5-159th General Support Aviation Battalion at Fort Eustis.
Less than a second before hitting a passenger jet, helicopter instructor told pilot to change course, NTSB hearing reveals
The first of the National Transportation Safety Board’s three days of investigative hearings is underway to help determine ...
Investigators Home In on Altitude Discrepancy in Army Helicopter Before Potomac Crash
Flight instruments probably led the Black Hawk crew to believe the helicopter was lower than it actually was before the ...
Helicopter’s altitude readings said wrong
Investigators probing the January midair collision of a passenger plane and an Army helicopter over Washington that killed 67 ...
NTSB criticizes FAA for failing to act before fatal Army helicopter collision
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board sharply criticized U.S. officials for failing to act before the January ...
FAA Failed to Act Before Helicopter Crash, Transport Chief Says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Tuesday the Federal Aviation Administration failed to act ...
Officers make rare helicopter landing to rescue drowning man
BALTIMORE (WBAL) - A Baltimore police helicopter landed in a grassy field Saturday as officers rushed to save a man’s life.