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Senators grill investigators on midair collision between American Airlines plane, Black Hawk military helicopter
Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration spoke to the bipartisan Senate ...
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
As recovery crews endure cold water and miserable rain Friday to attempt to pull more wreckage of American Airlines Flight ...
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 Post14d
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 ...
WVXU14d
Former FAA official discusses safety concerns over crowded airspace around D.C.
Michael McCormick is familiar with that airspace. He's a former vice president of the FAA Air Traffic Organization, and he was in charge of airspace security for the U.S., including in the ...