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NTSB hearing reveals air traffic controllers should have warned passenger plane about helicopter before collision, but didn’t
The National Transportation Safety Board will question witnesses Thursday about air traffic control training, a key part of ...
Aircraft in DCA collision lacked certain anti-collision systems, NTSB says
NTSB investigators found Friday that the aircraft involved in the mid-air collision over DCA lacked certain collision ...
7 takeaways from NTSB hearings on the deadly D.C. plane crash
NTSB hearings and documents revealed failures by the Army and FAA in the Jan. 29 crash of an American Airlines jet and an ...
New footage released by NTSB of DCA helicopter and passenger jet crash
The NTSB revealed that the Black Hawk helicopter may not have known its true altitude at a hearing.
Night vision goggles may have hampered helicopter pilots before crash with jet, experts tell NTSB
Night vision goggles may have created viewing difficulties for the pilots of a US Army helicopter that collided with a passenger jet.
Army knew of Black Hawk altitude errors years before DCA crash, NTSB finds
A National Transportation Safety Board hearing revealed that the U.S. Army was aware of altitude discrepancies on Black Hawk ...
‘Least safe it has ever been’: NTSB witness says of DCA airspace
A witness criticized the safety of Ronald Reagan National Airport’s airspace since a mid-air crash in January during day two ...
Military chopper traffic over Washington was a worry leading up to fatal midair crash, NTSB hears
Military helicopter traffic over Washington was a longtime worry among aviators operating around the airport where an Army ...