Black Hawk pilots may have missed air traffic directive, flown on ‘bad’ altitude data before crash
The Black Hawk pilots who collided with an American Airlines plane last month may not have heard vital information given by ...
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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 ...
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NTSB outlines timeline of events leading up to Flight 5342 crash with Army Black Hawk; questions remain
WASHINGTON — The NTSB on Saturday outlined the series of events leading up to the crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 and an Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday. Data from the jet’s ...
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Flight 5342 and the Black Hawk were in tightly controlled airspace. How could a catastrophic accident happen?
Investigators don't yet know what type of failure, but the fuselages of Flight 5342 and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter are in the Potomac River and 67 lives have been lost. On Friday, President ...
New York Post14d
Bodies of two soldiers recovered from DC Black Hawk wreckage, sources say
The bodies of two soldiers have been recovered from the wreckage of the Black Hawk helicopter that ... The third member of the flight, Staff. Sgt. Ryan Austin O’Hara, was recovered earlier ...
Airways14d
Flight 5342 Update: FAA Restrictions, Black Boxes
On Friday, NTSB representatives confirmed that all flight data recording equipment from the bombardier CRJ700 jets and the Black Hawk were recovered so that authorities could further analyze the ...
WUSA14d
What we learned from Friday's NTSB briefing regarding the deadly plane collision at DCA
During the briefing, NTSB Boardmember Todd Inman made a point to thank every agency that helped after American Airlines Flight 5342 and an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided over the Potomac River.
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What can the ‘black box’ tell us about plane crashes?
There are actually two of these remarkably sturdy devices: the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder. And they’re typically orange, not black. (AP video: Kendria LaFleur) In this image ...
NBC 10 Philadelphia14d
Deadly medical jet crash in Philly: What we know about the flight, aircraft
A medical 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 takeoff ...
New York Post14d
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 as it should have been — but the Black Hawk was not equipped with a ...
USA Today14d
'Black box' flight data recorder recovered in DC plane crash | The Excerpt
The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed to USA TODAY yesterday evening that investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the jet involved in a ...
New York Daily News14d
Black boxes recovered from American 5342 after Black Hawk helicopter crash
American Eagle Flight 5342 was closing in on Ronald Reagan National Airport Wednesday night when a Black Hawk Army helicopter crossed directly into its path of travel at around 9 p.m., the Federal ...