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NTSB: helicopter crew may not have heard key air traffic control transmission before DCA mid-air collision
National Transportation Safety Board officials said Friday that a key transmission from Reagan National Airport’s air traffic ...
A timeline of air disaster near Washington, deadliest in US since 2001
More than two weeks after a helicopter and airplane collision near Reagan National Airport near Washington D.C. killed 67 people, investigators have completed their work at the scene where both ...
US probing ‘bad data’ possibly used by Black Hawk crew before deadly crash, officials say
The mid-air collision between the helicopter and the American Airlines Bombardier jet killed 67 people. Read more at ...
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Black Hawk pilots may have missed air traffic directive, flown on ‘bad’ altitude data before crash
It is likely the Black Hawk pilots “stepped on” the communication for less than a second by pressing the microphone key to communicate back to the control tower, she said.