Concerns about the FAA's air traffic control system date back decades
Federal watchdogs have raised concerns about the Federal Aviation Administration’s air traffic control system for decades, an ...
‘An intolerable risk’: NTSB issues urgent safety recommendations after Flight 5342 crash
“We’ve determined that the existing separation distances between helicopter traffic operating on Route 4 and aircraft landing ...
What is known about the deadly January air crash between a passenger jet and US Army helicopter
A crane offloads a piece of wreckage from a salvage vessel onto a flatbed truck, near the wreckage site in the Potomac River ...
Potomac plane crash investigators recommend ‘urgent’ safety changes after finding dozens of close calls
NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy issued several safety recommendations to limit a helicopter route near Reagan National ...
USA Today9d
Fatal crash near DCA exposes alarming risks of helicopter routes in commercial airspace
They identified 66 bodies as crews worked to remove wreckage from the Potomac River. USA TODAY reached out to family members ...
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Safety board calls to end helo flights on route of fatal DC crash
The National Transportation and Safety Board is recommending helicopters no longer fly along the route when planes are ...
Investigators say Alaska plane was overweight for icy conditions in crash that killed 10
The preliminary report says the small plane was too heavy for conditions that cause icing at the speed and altitude it was ...
Northern Virginia Daily9d
A timeline of the January air disaster in Washington, the deadliest in the US since 2001
The Jan. 29 collision between an Army helicopter and a passenger airplane over Washington killed 67 people. That makes it the ...
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‘There’s a serious safety issue’, investigators say following DCA mid-air collision
Salvage crews work on recovering wreckage near the site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American ...
Close calls at Washington DC airport raise questions about why changes weren’t made before crash
The investigation into a January midair collision that killed 67 people near Washington, D.C., revealed an alarming number of ...
NTSB urges ban on some helicopter flights at Washington airport where 67 people died
Federal investigators looking for the cause of the January collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter near ...