Potomac plane crash investigators recommend ‘urgent’ safety changes after finding dozens of close calls
NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy issued several safety recommendations to limit a helicopter route near Reagan National ...
What is known about the deadly January air crash between a passenger jet and US Army helicopter
A crane offloads a piece of wreckage from a salvage vessel onto a flatbed truck, near the wreckage site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk ...
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Potomac Riverkeeper Collected Air Wreckage Debris
On his experience, he said that “driving the boat, retrieving wreckage and dodging ice floes ... A region-wide alert for the Jan. 29 Potomac River collision brought in 300 first responders ...
‘An intolerable risk’: NTSB issues urgent safety recommendations after Flight 5342 crash
“We’ve determined that the existing separation distances between helicopter traffic operating on Route 4 and aircraft landing ...
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Safety board calls to end helo flights on route of fatal DC crash
The National Transportation and Safety Board is recommending helicopters no longer fly along the route when planes are ...
Concerns about the FAA's air traffic control system date back decades
Federal watchdogs have raised concerns about the Federal Aviation Administration’s air traffic control system for decades, an ...
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A timeline of the January air disaster in Washington, the deadliest in the US since 2001
The Jan. 29 collision between an Army helicopter and a passenger airplane over Washington killed 67 people. That makes it the deadliest plane crash in the country since 2001. The ...
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‘There’s a serious safety issue’, investigators say following DCA mid-air collision
Salvage crews work on recovering wreckage 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 Washington National ...
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NTSB urges ban on some chopper flights at DC airport after deadly midair crash
Rescue and salvage crews pull up a part of a Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines jet, at a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington ...
US agency to make restrictions on helicopters permanent after Washington mid-air collision
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Tuesday said the agency will make permanent restrictions to prevent helicopters ...
A midair collision in Arizona prompts questions about air traffic control towers
Do more U.S. airports need control towers? That's one of the questions that has arisen following a midair collision at an airport in southern Arizona last week.