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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 ...
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What NTSB hearings revealed about the Washington mid-air collision that killed 67
The National Transportation Safety Board wrapped up a three-day investigative hearing into the mid-air collision between a ...
Less than a second before hitting a passenger jet, helicopter instructor told pilot to change course, NTSB hearing reveals
The first of the National Transportation Safety Board’s three days of investigative hearings is underway to help determine ...
NTSB launches hearings on deadly Washington collision between a helicopter and passenger plane
Three days of investigative hearings on the deadly midair collision over Washington in January begin Wednesday and aim to ...
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Lawmakers Call FCC ‘Flawed’ After Deadly Washington DC Flight Accident Investigation
The NTSB found that a Black Hawk helicopter was at the wrong altitude in a fatal midair collision over Washington, D.C., due ...
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 ...
Some air traffic controllers wanted to close a helicopter route near Washington’s airport. It was abandoned as ‘too political.’
An ad hoc working group that involved air traffic controllers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport recommended shuttering the helicopter route used the night of a deadly midair collision ...