may have read the wrong altitude before the crash and missed radio communications, according to the National Transportation ...

The radio altimeter on board the Black Hawk at the ... s most tightly controlled airspace. Prior to the collision, the instructor pilot on board and the pilot flying the helicopter read out ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating after the crew of a National Guard Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter reported being "illuminated" by a green laser about two miles ...

An Army Black Hawk was the helicopter involved in the deadly D.C. plane crash in January, in which it collided with an American Airlines passenger jet near Ronald Reagan National Airport ...

but the helicopter’s black box captures its radio altitude. The Army identified the Black Hawk crew as Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach, 28, of Durham, North Carolina; Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin O’Hara ...

Acting FAA Administrator Chris Rocheleau referenced the deadly crash in January between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines passenger plane outside of Washington as a ...

Hover over the red squares to read more about the UH-60 Black Hawk heliocopter and the downed helicopter used in the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound (right). Photos of the wreckage of one of ...