4 Takeaways From a Senate Hearing on D.C. Plane Crash
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A congressional hearing Thursday reinforced the idea that the January midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter that killed all 67 people aboard both aircraft...
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Air traffic controllers “issued corrective instructions to both aircraft,” according to the FAA, which intends to investigate.
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Testifying for the first time in front of the Senate Subcommittee on Aviation, acting Federal Aviation Administrator Chris Rocheleau admitted that "something was missed."
US company Bell Textron is preparing the market here for the sale of its new FLRAA tilt-rotor helicopter. Last year, the US Army selected the twin-engined V-280 as the winner in its Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program.
Congress is holding a hearing Thursday about the January collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter that killed all 67 people aboard both aircraft.
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Yonhap News Agency on MSNArms agency upgrades Black Hawk helicopter simulatorsThe state arms procurement agency said Wednesday it has completed a project to upgrade simulators for the Army's UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters as part of efforts to better train pilots. The military has sought upgrades to the aging simulators deployed in 2000 and 2008 that have suffered
In the morning as the fire entered its second full day of burning, crews asked for help from above in the form of two black hawk helicopters from the Army National Guard.