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… ...

The radio altimeter on board the Black Hawk at the time of the deadly midair collision read 278 feet, Homendy said. That altimeter uses a radio beam to show the helicopter’s altitude above ...

Black Hawk Pilots May Not Have Heard Crucial Command From Air Traffic Control Before D.C. Midair Collision By Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes Staff. Suzanne Rowan Kelleher covers travel for Forbes.

On the night of Jan. 29, an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger jet over the Potomac River in Washington, killing all 67 people on both aircraft. To analyze ...

She said the Black Hawk didn't receive a crucial message - which came from a Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport - sent just 17 seconds before it collided with an American Airlines flight.

The National Transportation Safety Board says altimeter in the Black Hawk helicopter may have malfunctioned before the DCA mid-air collision with an American Airlines jet. All 67 people aboard died.

Jo Ellis, a UH60 Black Hawk helicopter pilot for the Virginia Army National Guard, posted on Facebook Friday to dispel the rumors that had echoed President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated blaming ...

What two Black Hawk pilots saw — or did not see — before the Jan. 29 crash along the Potomac River is unknown but critical in understanding what led to the helicopter’s deadly collision with ...

Officials pulled parts of the Black Hawk military helicopter from the Potomac River that was involved in last week’s tragic DC plane crash. NTSB A crew from the Naval Sea Systems Command ...

Authorities with the NTSB, in coordination with SUPSALV, recover the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk, along the Potomac River, in Arlington, Va., on Feb. 6, 2025. @NTSB_Newsroom via X.com ...

Diving crews are still searching the icy waters of the Potomac River looking to retrieve the bodies of all the people killed in this week’s plane and helicopter collision. Retired Black Hawk ...

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