FAA permanently shuts helicopter route where Black Hawk struck airliner The agency faced criticism this week for not identifying the risks helicopters posed before the deadly Jan. 29 midair collision.

Before the collision, ATC instructed the helicopter to maintain visual separation and to pass behind the inbound jet—important instructions that the Black Hawk crew seems not to have heard.

The incident is still under investigation following a military Black Hawk helicopter colliding with an American Airlines commercial flight before both aircraft went down into the Potomac River.

The National Transportation Safety Board gave an update on its investigation into the deadly midair collision between an American Airlines plane and a Black Hawk helicopter.

The Black Hawk pilots who collided with an American Airlines plane last month may not have heard vital information given by air traffic control to fly behind the passenger jet seconds before the ...

The helicopter pilot and her instructor read aloud conflicting altitudes before the collision and some data appeared to investigators as faulty.

The Black Hawk that collided with an American Airlines jet in January may not have had accurate altitude readings, investigators said.

The NTSB said the Army Black Hawk crew may not have heard a message to "pass behind" the D.C.-bound passenger plane before the Jan. 29 midair crash over the Potomac River.

Seventeen seconds before the deadly Jan. 29 crash, which killed all 67 people aboard both flights, the Black Hawk was directed to pass behind the passenger jet, NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy sai… ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) held a news conference Friday, providing the latest updates on the investigation into the tragic plane crash near Ronald Reagan ...

Though Black Hawk Down is a fictionalized account of the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, the real American soldiers and Somalis who survived the deadly crash have their own harrowing tales to tell.