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5 takeaways from the NTSB’s hearings on the January DCA midair collision

Last week, the NTSB held three days of hearings looking into what led up to the fatal crash between a plane and a helicopter ...
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Less than a second before hitting a passenger jet, helicopter instructor told pilot to change course, NTSB hearing reveals

Aircraft flown by PSA Airlines received collision avoidance alerts caused by helicopters five times in the five months prior ...
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NTSB finds Army chopper in fatal midair crash with plane was above altitude limit

Investigators probing the January midair collision of a passenger plane and an Army helicopter over Washington that killed 67 ...
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Final Conversation Between Black Hawk Helicopter Pilot & Instructor Before Fatal Crash With American Airlines Jet Has Finally Been Revealed

The final conversation between Andrew Eaves And Rebecca Lobach shows the captain being told to move before deadly accident.
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Military chopper traffic over DC was a worry leading up to fatal midair crash, NTSB hears

It is the second of three days of witness testimony and public inquiry by the National Transportation Safety Board into ...

Military chopper traffic over Washington was a worry leading up to fatal midair crash, NTSB hears

The board focused on air traffic control and heard it was common for pilots to ask to use visual separation — relying on ...

Worries over military chopper routes, FAA staffing levels emerge as factors in midair crash inquiry

The National Transportation Safety Board enters a second day of public hearings Thursday on the January midair collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and a passenger plane that killed all ...