New York Post14d
Army helicopter was warned about American Airlines plane twice — with final alert coming just seconds before DC crash
The Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into an American Airlines plane was alerted to the plane’s presence by air control twice, the first time at least two minutes before the deadly crash ...
Sky14d
Black Hawk helicopter was on emergency evacuation trial run before Washington DC crash, officials say
The Black Hawk helicopter which collided with a passenger plane above Washington DC was training for a hypothetical evacuation of US leaders at the time, according to US officials. Three soldiers ...
AOL14d
Helicopter black box and 41 bodies recovered; Army identifies 2 soldiers: DC crash recap
WASHINGTON – Search crews recovered 41 bodies from the Potomac River after the collision of a passenger plane and a U.S. Army helicopter killed 67 people in the deadliest aviation disaster in ...
The Independent14d
Investigators hopeful of answers after Army helicopter’s ‘black box’ found following deadly DC collision
open image in gallery The so-called ‘black box’ from the Black Hawk helicopter, which collided with a passenger jet in Washington, D.C., has now been recovered, authorities said on Friday (AP ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston14d
A timeline of the collision between a passenger plane and a Black Hawk helicopter in DC
A commercial passenger plane bound for Reagan National Airport collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River just outside of Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. There were 64 ...
BBC14d
Leicester helicopter crash inquest: What we learned
(Left to right): Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Kaveporn Punpare, Nusara Suknamai, Izabela Roza Lechowicz and Eric Swaffer were killed in the crash More than six years after a helicopter crash at ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation14d
WA has 38 aircraft to fight bushfires including Black Hawk helicopters
There are 38 aircraft in WA to help fight bushfires, and four of them are ex-military Black Hawk helicopters. It takes special skills to pilot the Black Hawk but they are effective in battling a ...
Wall Street Journal14d
Black Boxes, 41 Bodies Recovered After Plane-Helicopter Collision
Authorities investigating the cause of this week's midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a military helicopter have recovered the black boxes from both aircraft.
Associated Press14d
Air traffic controllers were initially offered buyouts and told to consider leaving government
near the wreckage of a mid-air collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet in the Potomac River. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) A Coast Guard vessel with a crane works near the ...
Sky14d
Washington plane crash: What air traffic audio tells us about helicopter pilot's actions moments before mid-air collision
New audio reveals the helicopter pilot said he was able to see the American Airlines passenger plane, and twice requested permission to manoeuvre around it by sight and without further ground support.
New York Post14d
Helicopter in DC plane crash was flying twice as high as it should have, lacked new tech as FAA nixes all chopper traffic near collision site
The military helicopter that collided with an American Airlines flight over Washington, DC, was flying nearly twice as high as it should have been — but the Black Hawk was not equipped with a ...