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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 ...
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U.S. Army Getting Serious About Self-Flying Black Hawks, Captain System in the Pilot Seat
The Black Hawk is one of the oldest military aircraft still in operation, having first been produced in 1974. Used by the U.S. Army, it is presently the focus of modernization efforts meant to ...
Black Hawk helicopter on way to Pentagon causes planes to abort landings at DCA
A "go-around" maneuver is performed when a pilot must abort or reject landing on the final approach or once the aircraft has ...
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Report into Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines crash reveals fatal mistakes before collision
The Black Hawk crew was said to have been first alerted to a regional passenger jet in its vicinity by Ronald Reagan National Airport air traffic control. Eaves and Lobach acknowledged the message ...
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Black Hawk Helicopter Pilot in D.C. Plane Crash Was Not in Medical Distress: Report
ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty A new report into the Jan. 29 midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter found that the captain who ...
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Black Hawk pilot Rebecca Lobach didn't listen to her co-pilot before colliding with American Airlines flight
Black Hawk pilot Rebecca Lobach took one of the series of missteps that led to the Jan 29 crash in Washington. On January 29, the US saw its worst aviation tragedy when a Black Hawk helicopter ...