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 ...
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Potomac Riverkeeper Collected Air Wreckage Debris
On his experience, he said that “driving the boat, retrieving wreckage and dodging ice floes ... A region-wide alert for the Jan. 29 Potomac River collision brought in 300 first responders ...
‘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 ...
USA Today13d
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 ...
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 ...
Northern Virginia Daily13d
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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NTSB urges ban on some chopper flights at DC airport after deadly midair crash
Rescue and salvage crews pull up a part of a Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines jet, ...
US agency to make restrictions on helicopters permanent after Washington mid-air collision
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Tuesday said the agency will make permanent restrictions to prevent helicopters ...
DC plane crash: NTSB calls for immediate changes at Reagan airport
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.