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Midair collision over nation’s capital preceded by months of near misses, safety warnings
Report warned FAA America’s air traffic control system is suffering from quality control issues and staffing shortages that ...
Sky Harbor had 9 midair close calls in past decade. Pilots warn of potential for disaster
Aircraft flying in and out of Sky Harbor International Airport nearly collided with each other nine times in the last decade, ...
Pilots Warned of Dangerous Increase in Near Misses at U.S. Airports Before American Airlines Crash
On Jan. 29, a CRJ700 regional plane collided with an Army Black Hawk Helicopter over Washington, D.C. There are not believed ...
D.C. Plane Crash Puts Spotlight on History of ‘Near Misses’ in the U.S.
The fatal D.C. plane crash has renewed focus on the recent history of crashes and near misses in U.S. airspace.
USA Today8d
Deadly mid-air collision renews urgent questions about near-misses, air safety
Experts point to increased air traffic congestion as a contributing factor to a rise in near-misses and close calls ... to discuss with my people, is the safety culture, the training, maintenance ...
The Conversation on MSN7d
Why Didn't Technology Prevent The Deadly Air Collision Over Washington?
US time, a passenger jet and US Army helicopter collided at a low altitude near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, ...
D.C. plane crash: Records show a startling number of midair near-misses around the country
These near misses are extremely common,” said Ross Aimer, a retired United Airlines Captain who’s now CEO of Aero Consulting ...
Reagan airport, the notoriously congested destination of the crashed American Airlines flight, experienced at least 8 near-miss accidents last year alone
If changes aren't made, that near-miss becomes a mid-air collision,” one aviation safety expert said. “Unfortunately, that's ...
Time8d
D.C. Plane Crash Puts Spotlight on History of ‘Near Misses’ in the U.S.
The incident has renewed focus on the recent history of crashes and near misses in the U.S., which ... system that we have today and the safety record that we've had over all these years ...
NBC News7d
D.C. plane crash revives concerns about aviation safety and air traffic controller shortage
“Even one is one too many,” he said. The near misses in 2024 followed several high-profile incidents that the National Transportation Safety Board investigated the prior year, including one in ...
The New York Times7d
Before Crash, an Alarming Pattern of Near-Misses Between Planes
By David Enrich David Enrich edited a New York Times series in 2023 that investigated safety problems in the ... key takeaways from those articles. Near misses happen much more frequently than ...
CNN8d
Pilots had reported near-misses with helicopters at Reagan National Airport in the years before the deadly crash
The previous near-misses between planes and helicopters at DCA airport were detailed in NASA’s Aviation Safety Reporting System database, which records incidents reported by aviation personnel.