What’s a go-around? How the routine maneuver helped a pilot avoid getting too close to another aircraft at Reagan National
While go-arounds can feel jarring to passengers, they are routine, happening more than three times per day on average last ...
American Airlines Flight Forced to Abort Landing to Avoid Collision with Plane on Runway
American Airlines Flight 2246 was requested by air traffic control to delay landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National ...
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‘Risk of a Collision and Loss of Life’: D.C. Crash Warnings Were Years in the Making
three military helicopters traveling south along the Potomac River came seconds away from smashing into a plane that was arriving at Ronald Reagan National Airport. The air traffic controller had ...
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FAA Slows Reagan Airport’s Flight Arrival Rate
U.S. aviation safety regulators are slowing the rate of aircraft arrivals at Ronald Reagan Washington National ... River has been moved to a secure location for further examination, the NTSB ...
DC plane crash updates: Helicopter had advanced tracking system turned off, lawmaker says
The U.S. Army helicopter that collided with an passenger jet near Washington, D.C., had an advanced surveillance system turned off.
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Victim's family files $250M in legal claims against FAA, Army over DC aircraft crash
The claims by Rachel Crafton were filed Tuesday against the Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Army, with each ...
The Independent29d
Mapped: How American Airlines plane collided with Black Hawk army helicopter near Washington DC airport
According to sources who spoke to the newspaper, the helicopter was supposed to be flying in a different location ... The air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan National Airport was facing ...
FAA Reopens Reagan Runways, Ups Arrivals Rate After DC Plane Crash
Officials previously closed runways and decreased the arrivals rate to aid the investigation into the Jan. 29 crash that killed 67 people.
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Helicopter crew in collision with plane may not have heard key instruction from tower, NTSB says
Salvage crews pull up a part of a Black Hawk helicopter near the site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter at Ronald Reagan ...
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DC Plane Crash: NTSB Provides Update on Black Hawk Data
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued an update on the investigation into the fatal midair collision near D.C.'s Ronald ... near Reagan National. Trump also questioned air traffic ...
FAA's Staffing Troubles Make Flying More Dangerous, Controllers Say
Low staffing levels in the high-pressure job bring long hours, widespread mandatory overtime and high rates of turnover, air ...