Radar Showed Army Helicopter Flying Lower Than Jet Before Crash
Air-traffic control radar appears to have measured a US Army helicopter flying at a lower altitude than an American Airlines ...
Helicopters flying along Potomac frequently pose dangers to passenger jets
Wednesday’s fatal collision and two other incidents dramatically illustrate the challenges pilots and air traffic controllers ...
Helicopter in DC plane crash was flying twice as high as it should have, lacked new tech as FAA nixes all chopper traffic near collision site
The military helicopter that collided with an American Airlines flight over Washington, DC, was flying nearly twice as high ...
Loud noises and low-flying helicopters expected across South MS for two weeks. Here’s why
Hundreds of U.S. military members are training for the next two weeks in Gulfport and across Mississippi during a combat ...
Pilots tried to pull passenger jet’s nose up within seconds of deadly DC helicopter collision, preliminary NTSB data shows
The American Airlines flight involved in the deadly collision with a Black Hawk helicopter over Washington, DC, seemed to ...
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Ranchers voice concerns about low-flying helicopters at town hall meeting with Fort Cavazos leaders
Several local landowners claimed that “terrain flights” by Fort Cavazos-based helicopters had scared their cattle enough to ...
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Helicopters fly within feet of planes at Reagan: 'Can’t there be better routing?'
Radio traffic shows the air traffic controller did confirm with the helicopter that it had the airplane in sight two ...
FAA restricts flight path used by helicopter in fatal collision
The directive from the FAA included a sharpened focus on the risks and dangers of the jumble of aircraft sharing the crowded airspace near National Airport.
Investigation into DC plane and helicopter collision looking at potential mistakes in ‘no margin for error’ situation
Investigators are intensifying their search into what caused the collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and an Army Black Hawk helicopter, with recovery crews still working to pull wreckage ...
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A passenger jet had to abort a landing at Reagan National Airport just 24 hours before fatal crash due to a helicopter
The airspace is frequently used by military aircraft from nearby bases, and a specially dedicated air corridor exists above the nearby Potomac River for low-flying helicopters. The corridor ...
Ahead of Super Bowl, helicopter security flights will measure radiation in New Orleans
The Department of Energy said Friday low-altitude helicopter flights to measure background radiation will be done over New Orleans Feb. 2 through Feb. 6 as part of security precautions for the Super ...