Chicago airports working to close air traffic controller staffing gaps in wake of DCA crash
After two major air disasters in the span of two days last week, attention has focused on the country's airline systems and specifically, air traffic controller staffing shortages nationwide.
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28 agencies were authorized to fly helicopters near Reagan Airport before deadly crash
The Army was one of 28 government agencies authorized to fly helicopters near Ronald Reagan National Airport before its Black ...
Coast Guard finds missing plane in Alaska ice; 10 believed dead. Recap
On Jan. 29, an American Airlines passenger plane and an Army helicopter collided near Washington, D.C., killing 67 people in the deadliest air disaster in more than two decades. Just days later, a ...
What we know — and what we don't — after medical jet crash in Northeast Philadelphia
A medical jet crashed in Northeast Philadelphia on Friday, leaving seven dead and injuring at least two dozen others. Here's ...
Pilots, air traffic controllers flagged safety concerns at Reagan National Airport for decades
Some of the reports warned that the flight space was "an accident waiting to happen" with others describing scenarios eerily close to last week's crash.
A ‘Stellar Crew,’ a ‘Tragic Accident’ and a Black Hawk’s Last Flight
The Army helicopter that collided with a passenger plane above the Potomac River boasted an experienced crew doing “an ...
A timeline of last week’s air disaster in Washington, the deadliest in the US since 2001
It has been nearly a week since a commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter collided in midair near Washington’s Ronald ...
What we know after American Eagle plane and Black Hawk helicopter collide near Washington, D.C.
Sixty passengers and four crew members from the plane and three Black Hawk helicopter personnel were killed, and a recovery ...
Man Critically Injured After Tug Collides With American Eagle CRJ200 At Chicago O'Hare
In a week plagued with safety incidents and crashes for US aviation, another incident left a ground operations employee ...
What we know about the American Airlines plane and Army helicopter crash over D.C.'s Potomac River
A regional jet carrying 64 people collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter. Reagan National Airport grounded all flights.
Deadly medical jet crash in Philly: What we know about the flight, aircraft
A medical transport jet transporting a child who had just completed treatment for a life-threatening condition, her mother and four others crashed into a Philadelphia neighborhood shortly after ...