As recently as April, a pilot faulted National’s air traffic control for not alerting the passenger plane to the presence of a helicopter about 300 feet below. “We never received a warning of ...

The Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into an American Airlines plane was alerted to the plane’s presence by air control twice, the first time at least two minutes before the deadly crash ...

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Reviewing flight tracking and control tower audio in the Washington, DC plane and helicopter collision Approximately 8:47 p.m. ETAn air traffic controller contacts the Black Hawk helicopter ...

The agency said it still needs to examine the Black Hawk to verify more information about the accident, especially the helicopter's altitude at the time of the crash. The air traffic control tower ...

so why was that particular helicopter above 200 feet?” Marshall said. “Why didn’t air traffic control pick that up?” Cantwell, too, questioned the safety of military and commercial flights ...

The plane's altitude suggests the Army helicopter was flying above 200 feet − the maximum altitude for the route it was using. Yet the control tower's radar apparently showed the helicopter ...

Investigators released new details regarding the U.S. Army helicopter that collided with American Airlines Flight 5342 Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a ...

The F.A.A. restricted helicopter routes nearby in the aftermath of the Wednesday collision. For some officials, the concerns about clogged airspace were a long time coming. By Kate Kelly John ...

Officials have released new information about the horrific crash between an American Airlines plane and a Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C. An investigation into the circumstances ...