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Just after 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, the Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Department received a report that a small plane went down.
Black Hawk pilots may not have heard a critical directive from air traffic control to fly behind the American Airlines plane in the seconds before it collided with the jet, and may have had “bad ...
The crew of the Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided in midair with an American Airlines jet over Washington, D.C., and crashed into the Potomac River might not have heard instructions from an ...
New Angle of Black Hawk Crashing Into Plane Raises Questions. Published Jan 31, 2025 at 10:43 AM EST Updated Jan 31, 2025 at 7:10 PM EST. By .
Black Hawk pilot Rebecca Lobach failed to follow her flight instructor in the moments before colliding with a civilian airliner over Washington, D.C., according to a new report.
Military helicopter pilots on a training flight over Washington, D.C., did not hear air traffic control directions to pass behind a passenger jet heading its way, investigators revealed on Friday ...
The Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Eagle flight over the Potomac River late last month was flying with a safety system turned off, Sen. Ted Cruz told reporters Thursday ...
The Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines commuter plane near Reagan Washington National Airport in Virginia Wednesday was on a “training flight” when they crashed ...
Aviation experts tell PEOPLE it's possible that the U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter did not see the American Airlines passenger plane before the two collided on Wednesday, Jan. 29, killing 67 people.
Former Black Hawk helicopter pilot Elizabeth McCormick says she believes that three things may have led to the collision between an American Airlines flight and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter ...
Data retrieved by the National Transportation Safety Board confirmed the Army Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into a passenger plane near D.C. was flying too high.
The Black Hawk was performing a training mission in an effort to renew 28-year-old Captain Rebecca M. Lobach's annual certification when it crashed into American Airlines Flight 5342.