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The Black Hawk crashed into Flight 5342 just before 9 p.m. as the jet was enroute to Reagan National Airport from Wichita, Kan. The collision sent both aircraft plunging into the Potomac River ...
The NTSB said 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… ...
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 ...
The MV-75, a tiltrotor aircraft, will replace the Black Hawk, boosting the U.S. Army's rapid deployment and modernization efforts against strategic threats.
Black Hawks usually have a three-person crew, including a pilot, co-pilot, and crew chief. They have an external hook capable of lifting up to 8,000 pounds, and their top speed is around 170 mph.
The Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a commercial jet near Reagan Washington National Airport had taken off from Davison Army Airfield at Fort Belvoir in Virginia, about 15 miles southwest ...
The mangled remains of the Black Hawk helicopter involved in last week’s deadly midair plane crash in DC were pulled out of the Potomac River Thursday, the National Transportation Safety Board ...
So far, two of the three soldiers aboard the ill-fated Black Hawk have been identified as Staff Sgt. Ryan O’Hara, 28, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Eaves, 39, from the 12th Aviation ...
The military helicopter that collided with a regional jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, in a crash that killed all 67 people aboard both aircraft, was a UH-60 Black Hawk ...
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 ...