1 month ago - A BAD radio transmission may have caused the horrific mid-air crash between a passenger plane and a military helicopter that killed 67, the National Transportation Safety Board has revealed. Invest…

February 3, 2025 - The identities of all three crew members have now been released.

February 6, 2025 - Newly released data from ground-based radar came out Tuesday suggesting an Army helicopter was higher than it was supposed to be when it collided with American Airlines Flight 5342 a week ago, killing all 67 people aboard both aircraft.

5 days ago - Investigators issued their preliminary report Tuesday in the probe into the devastating crash between an American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter.

January 31, 2025 - The collision happened on Wednesday night as the plane approached Reagan National Airport, where staffing at the air traffic control tower was “not normal,” according to a preliminary report from the Federal Aviation Administration. · The crash killed 67 people whose bodies were being ...

1 month ago - From the perspective of the helicopter cockpit, the lights of the incoming American Airlines jet could have also been obscured by the glow of the city skyline, pilots said.

February 5, 2025 - Questions had been raised about how the collision - which killed all 67 people involved - occurred, given pilots follow strict protocol about the altitudes they can safely reach.

5 days ago - An American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided on Jan. 29 as the plane prepared to land at Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport.

January 31, 2025 - The collision between a passenger plane and a military helicopter is suspected to have killed all 67 onboard.

5 days ago - Homendy said the NTSB developed ... worth of incidents at DCA. Between 2011 and 2024, at least one traffic alert and collision avoidance system was triggered per month due to the proximity of a helicopter to a plane, Homendy said. In over half of the reviewed encounters, the helicopters may have been above the route altitude restriction of 200 feet, Homendy said. The Black Hawk helicopter ...

February 1, 2025 - Defense sources confirmed the nature of the training exercise, after internet sleuths had floated a theory online that it was doing exactly what sources say.

5 days ago - The independent safety agency called for urgent action in one of the two reports it released Tuesday.

February 1, 2025 - Sixty-seven people died in a collision between a Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet operated by PSA Airlines and a military Black Hawk helicopter.

5 days ago - The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday recommended that helicopter traffic be banned from a four-mile stretch over the Potomac River when flights are landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport.