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Army pauses helicopter training flights around Pentagon after 2 disruptions to commercial flights last week
The Army paused helicopter training flights in and around the Pentagon after two commercial flights performed "go-arounds" to ...
Army Black Hawk helicopter causes 2 terrifying near-misses with airliners at Reagan airport after taking the ‘scenic route’
The Jan. 29 collision over the Potomac River in Washington, DC — which preliminary reports have blamed on the military Black ...
Rescue operations intensify as C&O Canal, Potomac River face dangerous flooding
The Potomac River has crested well above flood stage in several locations after all the rainfall since Tuesday, turning the ...
Army suspends helicopter flights to Pentagon after airliners abort landings in D.C.
The Army said Monday that a helicopter unit was suspending flights to the Pentagon after an incident last week that led to ...
Helicopter forces three planes to change landing plans at DCA
At the time that the planes were redirected, a U.S. Park Police helicopter was searching for people reported missing from a ...
Newark airport lapses make U.S. flyers wonder, are we safe?
But our air safety system is faltering on more than one front. In late April, the Newark airport — one of the busiest in the ...
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Army pausing helicopter flights near Washington airport after close calls
FILE - Salvage crews work on recovering wreckage near the site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington ...
Hotline between military and air traffic controllers in Washington hasn’t worked for over 3 years
Sen. Ted Cruz asked whether a hotline between military and civilian air traffic controllers in Washington, D.C., that hasn’t ...
Family of pilot killed in DC midair crash calls for air safety reforms, thanks Trump admin for swift action
The family of pilot Sam Lilley, killed in the Washington, D.C., midair crash, is fighting for increased aviation safety after ...