Yahoo News6d
A look back at a 1986 fatal plane crash that changed aviation safety
WASHINGTON - Nearly three decades before last week’s deadly mid-air collision ... report from the 1986 collision here. The crash was the catalyst for change in America’s air traffic system. In 1986 ...
As D.C. plane crash victims are identified, stories emerge of a new dad, a law professor, champion skating coaches and rising stars
We are learning more about some of the 67 victims aboard the American Eagle plane and Black Hawk helicopter that collided ...
New York Post4d
All ‘major pieces’ from midair DC crash recovered — as it releases new images of wreckage: NTSB
All of the plane and chopper wreckage has been fished from the icy Potomac River, as the National Transportation Safety Board continues to investigate the Jan. 29 mid-air crash that killed 67 people.
Military.com5d
Black Hawk in Deadly Collision May Have Turned Off Location Monitor, But Trump Blames Air Traffic Control System
President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed the deadly collision of a passenger ... Administration has been working since the mid-2000s to upgrade the air traffic control system through its NextGen ...
Update: What we know about the American Airlines plane, helicopter crash in D.C.
The deadliest plane crash in U.S. history was in May 1979, when American Airlines Flight 191 lost an engine during takeoff at ...
WTVF5d
Mid-air collision renews concerns about air traffic controller shortage in the U.S.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WTVF) — The mid-air collision at Reagan National Airport that killed 67 people is sparking a conversation that’s been going on for decades. Experts say there are not ...
People2d
Passenger Jet Forced to Make Diverted Landing After Pilot Reportedly Collapses amid Mid-Air 'Medical Emergency'
An EasyJet flight heading to England was forced to make an emergency landing in Greece after the pilot reportedly collapsed. The aircraft was traveling from Hurghada, Egypt to Manchester ...
Senators grill investigators on the midair collision between an American Airlines plane and a Black Hawk military helicopter
Investigators trying to determine what caused last week’s deadly midair collision between a US military Black Hawk helicopter ...
Aviation Week6d
Pilot Reports Foreshadowed Washington Midair Collision
The midair collision took place over the Potomac River, just east of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Credit: Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images Investigators will spend months validating ...
AZ Central6d
Sky Harbor had 9 midair close calls in past decade. Pilots warn of potential for disaster
Pilots have cited ... from Flight Radar 24, a live air traffic radar, shows they came with 425 horizontal feet and about a quarter-mile vertically. The planes' collision warnings sounded.
CNN6d
Senators grill investigators on the midair collision between an American Airlines plane and a Black Hawk military helicopter
Duckworth, a former Black Hawk pilot ... out how the collision unfolded. One set of data comes from Potomac TRACON (Terminal Radar Approach Control). Potomac TRACON is a regional air traffic ...
The New York Times6d
A Runway Switch, a Vague Alert: What Pilots Heard Before Fatal D.C. Crash
The pilots of the ... Washington airport collision acted as expected, aviation safety experts and other pilots said. By Niraj Chokshi Just after 8:43 p.m. on Jan. 29, an air traffic controller ...