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Military chopper traffic over Washington was a worry leading up to fatal midair crash, NTSB hears

It is the second of three days of witness testimony and public inquiry by the National Transportation Safety Board into ...

NTSB Questions Controller's Failure to Alert Jet Before January Crash in Washington, DC

FILE PHOTO: A crane retrieves part of the wreckage from the Potomac River, in the aftermath of the collision of American ...

Black Hawk Battled Bad Altitude Data Before Washington Crash

Safety investigators probing January’s midair collision between an American Airlines Group Inc. regional jet and a US Army ...
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US Army helicopter in deadly Washington crash had technical issues

An investigative hearing into a deadly mid-air collision of a US Army helicopter and a passenger plane that killed 67 people in Washington has revealed a discrepancy in ...

NTSB chair blasts FAA over deadly DC crash: 'Are you kidding me? 67 people are dead'

At their closest points, helicopters and planes routinely flew within 75 feet near the airport, according to the NTSB.

Two women killed in Westmoreland County crash

Two women were killed in a head-on crash along Route 66 in Washington Township, Westmoreland County. It happened just after 1 ...

Army Pilots Might Have Struggled to See Passenger Jet Before D.C. Crash

Light pollution from Washington and the passenger jet’s dim lights might have contributed to difficulties spotting American ...

US probes Army helicopter altitude data in fatal January crash with jet

The National Transportation Safety Board said on Wednesday that testing showed faulty altitude data in U.S. Army helicopters ...