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 ...
A report suggests that an air traffic control supervisor at Reagan National Airport combined the duties of managing helicopters and incoming flights before the collision. The move, which occurred ...
It is a CLEAR NIGHT, the lights on the plane were blazing, why didn’t the helicopter go up or down, or turn. Why didn’t the control tower tell the helicopter what to do instead of asking if ...
Judge George O’Toole Jr., a Clinton appointee, paused the deadline until at least Monday, when the court would consider a legal challenge. It is not clear how the delay will affect the more than ...
Flight tracking sites and air-traffic control logs show the Embraer E-175 was cleared to land and advised about a helicopter in its vicinity when its automated collision avoidance system pushed it ...
That means the helicopter's pilot requested permission to proceed, taking responsibility to look out for the plane and avoid it. The request was in response to a question by air traffic control ...
Military pilots had requested a predetermined flight path, referred to as Route 4, from air traffic control. This allows helicopters to fly at low altitude along the bank on the east side of the ...
An FAA notice for pilots on new helicopter restrictions in D.C., issued ... of four among other colleagues inside the airport’s control tower at the time of the collision, according to a ...
Dozens of people walked along the banks of the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport, close to where an American Airlines jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided Wednesday, killing all ...