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Night vision goggles may have hampered helicopter pilots before crash with jet, experts tell NTSB
The Army goggles would have made it difficult to see the plane's colored lights, which might have helped the Black Hawk ...
Military chopper traffic over Washington was a worry leading up to fatal midair crash, NTSB hears
The board focused on air traffic control and heard it was common for pilots to ask to use visual separation — relying on ...
Black Hawk Battled Bad Altitude Data Before Washington Crash
Safety investigators probing January’s midair collision between an American Airlines Group Inc. regional jet and a US Army ...
NTSB Questions Controller's Failure to Alert Jet Before January Crash in Washington, DC
FILE PHOTO: A crane retrieves part of the wreckage from the Potomac River, in the aftermath of the collision of American ...
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US Army helicopter in deadly Washington crash had technical issues
An investigative hearing into a deadly mid-air collision of a US Army helicopter and a passenger plane that killed 67 people ...
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 ...
Families of Washington, D.C. plane crash victims call for safer skies as near misses continue
There were 26 near misses in the three months following the DC mid-air crash, the Hearst Television Data Team found. About 40 ...
Senator to unveil aviation safety bill on eve of fatal crash hearing
The chair of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee will introduce broad aviation safety legislation on Tuesday on the eve of a three-day investigative hearing into the January 29 collision between an ...