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‘Least safe it has ever been’: NTSB witness says of DCA airspace
A witness criticized the safety of Ronald Reagan National Airport’s airspace since a mid-air crash in January during day two ...
Transcripts reveal last 20 seconds before deadly DCA midair collision
The NTSB released the combined transcripts from recordings inside the plane, helicopter and air traffic control tower.
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 ...
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Daily Memo: 2023 Request To Reduce DCA Arrivals ‘Died Right There’
Daily Memo: 2023 Request To Reduce DCA Arrivals ‘Died Right There’ is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an ...
LIVE: Night vision googles may have hampered Black Hawk pilots before DCA midair collision
The pilots of a U.S. Army helicopter that collided with a passenger jet over Washington in January would've had difficulty ...
LIVE: DCA flight path posed challenges, but wasn’t changed due to government priorities
Wednesday begins three days of a National Transportation Safety Board hearing on the causes of the crash of Flight 5342, which took off from Wichita before colliding with an Army helicopter and ...
New footage released by NTSB of DCA helicopter and passenger jet crash
The NTSB revealed that the Black Hawk helicopter may not have known its true altitude at a hearing.