News

Army Pilots Might Have Struggled to See Passenger Jet Before D.C. Crash
Light pollution from Washington, and even the passenger jet’s dim lights, might have contributed to difficulties spotting ...
Night vision goggles may have hampered helicopter pilots before crash with jet, experts tell NTSB
Night vision goggles may have created viewing difficulties for the pilots of a US Army helicopter that collided with a passenger jet.
Worries over military chopper routes, FAA staffing levels emerge as factors in midair crash inquiry
Long-standing concerns about military helicopters flying in crowded airspace and worries over short staffing among federal ...
The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette16h
FAA staffing issues brought up during inquiry, testimony
Long-standing concerns about military helicopters flying in crowded airspace and worries over short staffing among federal ...
Less than a second before hitting a passenger jet, helicopter instructor told pilot to change course, NTSB hearing reveals
The first of the National Transportation Safety Board’s three days of investigative hearings is underway to help determine ...
Investigators to wrap up public hearings into fatal DC midair crash between Army chopper and airplane
The National Transportation Safety Board will wrap up its public testimony about the fatal midair crash between an Army ...
Hays Post1d
What NTSB heard in day 2 of hearings on fatal crash involving jet from Kansas
During the second of three days of witness testimony and public inquiry by the National Transportation Safety Board into the ...
WJTV Jackson on MSN1d
Helicopter damages cabins at Neshoba County Fair
Amid property damage caused by a Neshoba County Fair tradition on Tuesday, one family impacted reflected on how their ...
Fort Eustis helicopter unit will cease operations amid restructuring
Nathan Smith remembers joining the Army Reserve’s 5-159th General Support Aviation Battalion. It was 1997, and he was a young ...
SlashGear19d
Why Is This Military Helicopter Called The Flying Banana?
The hard-working, multi-role Piasecki H-21 helicopter, known as the "Flying Banana," was the brainchild of Frank Piasecki, who founded the P-V Engineering Forum alongside his college buddy, Harold ...