Helicopter crew in collision with plane may not have heard key instruction from tower, NTSB says
Investigators say the crew of the helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines jet near Washington D.C.’s Ronald ...
Black Hawk helicopter’s altimeter may have been inaccurate, pilots may have missed some calls from control tower
A preliminary analysis of the flight data and voice recorder on board a Black Hawk helicopter leading up to the collision ...
‘Risk of a Collision and Loss of Life’: D.C. Crash Warnings Were Years in the Making
Concerns that a deadly collision could occur at Reagan National Airport had long been building. But attempts to draw ...
1958 Las Vegas military jet and passenger plane collision sparks the formation of the FAA
United Air Lines Flight 736, a DC-7 passenger plane carrying 47 people, had collided with an Air Force F-100F fighter jet ...
Former Northeast Philadelphia Airport tower controller weighs in on deadly Philly crash
In Lancaster County, a former air traffic controller is reacting to Friday’s deadly plane crash in a Philadelphia ...
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Australian air traffic controllers urge Airservices to learn from Washington tragedy
which occurred 5km from the White House Sydney Airport’s air traffic control tower. Picture: AAP Civil Air president Scott Nugent said it was of the utmost importance the investi­gation was ...
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DC plane crash: NTSB on air traffic control tower staffing, last-second communications
The National Transportation Safety Board said there were five people in the air traffic control tower at Reagan Washington National Airport during the Jan. 29 collision of a passenger jet and an ...
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NTSB analyzing chopper-jet collision data; 3rd soldier identified
Five controllers inside the airport tower Inman also said the airport control tower had five controllers on duty when the collision occurred. One controller was in charge of helicopter and fixed ...