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NTSB hearing reveals air traffic controllers should have warned passenger plane about helicopter before collision, but didn’t
The National Transportation Safety Board will question witnesses Thursday about air traffic control training, a key part of ...
She 'was a real person': Mom of crash victim speaks out as FAA faces scrutiny
As hearings unfold into the fatal January plane-helicopter collision near D.C., investigators say the FAA ignored clear ...
NTSB criticizes FAA for failing to act before fatal Army helicopter collision
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board sharply criticized U.S. officials for failing to act before the January ...
FAA, NTSB arrive on Block Island to investigate plane crash
Sophia Szabo reports from Block Island, where a 77-year-old man was killed and two other people were injured when a small ...
Military chopper traffic over Washington was a worry leading up to fatal midair crash, NTSB hears
It is the second of three days of witness testimony and public inquiry by the National Transportation Safety Board into ...
Worries over military chopper routes, FAA staffing levels emerge as factors in midair crash inquiry
Long-standing concerns about military helicopters flying in crowded airspace and worries over short staffing among federal ...
FAA planning more helicopter route changes after fatal collision
The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it is planning additional helicopter route changes near Ronald Reagan ...