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At their closest points, helicopters and planes routinely flew within 75 feet near the airport, according to the NTSB.
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board sharply criticized U.S. officials for failing to act before the January ...
The NTSB is now reviewing three days of testimony from last week’s public hearings into the Jan. 29 midair collision near ...
The National Transportation Safety Board questioned witnesses Friday on collision avoidance technology and organizational ...
As hearings unfold into the fatal January plane-helicopter collision near D.C., investigators say the FAA ignored clear ...
The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it is planning additional helicopter route changes near Ronald Reagan ...
Long-standing concerns about military helicopters flying in crowded airspace and worries over short staffing among federal ...
The deadly mid-air collision at Reagan Airport in January was years in the making, the operations manager of the DCA air ...
The pilots of a U.S. Army helicopter that collided with a passenger jet over Washington in January would’ve had difficulty ...
The helicopter route at the time of the collision allowed the Black Hawk to fly as close as 75 feet below planes descending to land on runway 33 at Reagan National Airport, according to the NTSB.
It is the second of three days of witness testimony and public inquiry by the National Transportation Safety Board into ...