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Army knew of Black Hawk altitude errors years before DCA crash, NTSB finds
A National Transportation Safety Board hearing revealed that the U.S. Army was aware of altitude discrepancies on Black Hawk ...
NTSB finds Army chopper in fatal midair crash with plane was above altitude limit
The hearing opened Wednesday with a video animation showing where the helicopter and airliner were leading up to the collision. It showed how the helicopter flew above the 200 feet (61 meters) ...
Final Conversation Revealed Between Black Hawk Pilot and Her Instructor Before They Collided with Passenger Jet
New details have been released about the seconds before an Army helicopter collided with an American Airlines jet in January ...
Black Hawk helicopter pilots unaware of collision course with plane in DC, NTSB says
On day 1 of the NTSB’s hearings on the deadly crash, investigators revealed the helicopter pilots were likely unaware of how ...
NTSB hearing live updates: Black Hawk devices gave crew wrong altitude data before D.C. plane crash
The National Transportation Safety Board began three days of hearings Wednesday into January’s deadly midair collision near Washington’s Reagan National Airport, and experts have already highlighted ...
WATCH LIVE: NTSB examines collision avoidance technology and safety systems in Flight 5342 investigation
Investigators from the NTSB questioned experts from the FAA, U.S. Army, MIT and two airlines about technology pilots use to ...