News

Night vision goggles may have hampered helicopter pilots before crash with jet, experts tell NTSB
The Army goggles would have made it difficult to see the plane's colored lights, which might have helped the Black Hawk ...
Army knew of Black Hawk altitude errors years before DCA crash, NTSB finds
Federal investigators revealed Wednesday that the Black Hawk helicopter involved in the deadly DCA crash may have misreported ...
NTSB chair blasts FAA over deadly DC crash: 'Are you kidding me? 67 people are dead'
At their closest points, helicopters and planes routinely flew within 75 feet near the airport, according to the NTSB.
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 ...
‘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 ...
Military chopper traffic over Washington was a worry leading up to fatal midair crash, NTSB hears
The board focused on air traffic control and heard it was common for pilots to ask to use visual separation — relying on ...
NTSB hearing live updates: Black Hawk devices gave crew wrong altitude data before D.C. plane crash
The NTSB begins three days of hearings on the deadly D.C. plane crash with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport.