WPSD Local 615h
Black Hawk helicopter’s altimeter may have been inaccurate, pilots may have missed some calls from control tower
The new data indicate the pilot and her instructor read out two different altitudes shortly before the crash, National ...
WPSD Local 69d
Senators grill investigators on midair collision between American Airlines plane, Black Hawk military helicopter
The Black Hawk helicopter, which was stationed at Fort Belvoir in Virginia, was flying a training mission when it collided ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation13d
Flight 5342 and the Black Hawk were in tightly controlled airspace. How could a catastrophic accident happen?
For pilots, the approach to Washington DC's busiest airport and the path through its congested, confined airspace must be regimented ... system as regulated by the FAA and for years, more and ...
Investigation into DC plane and helicopter collision looking at potential mistakes in ‘no margin for error’ situation
Investigators are intensifying their search into what caused the collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and an Army Black Hawk helicopter, with recovery crews still working to pull wreckage ...
Los Angeles Daily News14d
Pilots have long worried about DC’s complex airspace contributing to a catastrophe
WASHINGTON (AP) — The airspace around Washington ... whether the air traffic control tower was properly staffed. A Federal Aviation Administration report obtained by The Associated Press ...
New York Post15d
FAA embroiled in lawsuit alleging it turned away 1,000 applicants based on race — that contributed to staffing woes
The Federal Aviation Administration is fighting a class-action lawsuit alleging it denied 1,000 would-be air traffic controllers jobs because of diversity hiring targets — as it was revealed tha ...