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Investigators to wrap up public hearings into fatal midair crash between Army chopper and airplane
NEAR REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT, WASHINGTON, D.C., AUG 1 – The Army helicopter exceeded altitude limits and air traffic control staffing was insufficient during a busy night, contributing to the collision that killed all 67 aboard both aircraft.
- On Friday, the National Transportation Safety Board wrapped up its final public hearing into the fatal midair collision near Reagan National Airport, where all aboard were killed.
- During previous flights this year, FAA officials testified that altitude deviations occurred frequently before the crash, as Army Black Hawk helicopters flew above prescribed levels.
- During Thursday’s hearing, FAA officials testified that the air traffic controller assigned to helicopters also handled planes during a busy night, revealing staffing failures.
- Since the crash, the U.S. Department of Transportation has limited military helicopter traffic near DCA and NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy urged the FAA to improve safety measures.
- Experts have pushed for recommendations ahead of the 2026 report, with federal officials, aviation experts, and military representatives testifying on needed changes.
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How a fragile aviation system led to disaster near Washington
A federal fact-finding probe into a deadly midair crash near Washington earlier this year that concluded on Friday shows a disaster decades in the making. Over three days of hearings before the independent National Transportation Safety Board, witnesses described an aviation system that seemed bound to eventually fail and a sclerotic government response to the catastrophe that virtually everyone saw coming. The contours of the problem in the ski…
Half a year after the collision between a passenger plane and a military helicopter in Washington with 67 deaths, investigations have shown that the altitudes of the helicopter's measuring instruments may have deviated by several dozen metres from the actual altitude. At the end of January, an American Airlines passenger plane had collided with a military helicopter on a training flight when landing at the Reagan airport in Washington. Both airc…
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KULR-TVFinal day of hearings on midair collision at Reagan National Airport focuses on communication
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) entered its final day of hearings on the midair collision between an American Airlines jet and a military helicopter over Reagan National Airport.
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US Army helicopter in deadly Washington crash had technical issues
NEW YORK, Aug 2 — An investigative hearing into a deadly mid-air collision of a US Army helicopter and a passenger plane that killed 67 people in Washington has revealed a discrepancy in the chopper’s altitude displays.The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the US agency tasked with examining major accidents, held hearings from Wednesday to Friday, with rigorous questioning of experts and various other parties including regulators and …
The investigation into the fatal collision in late January in Washington between a airliner and a U.S. Army helicopter revealed...
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