On Jan. 31, a medical jet crash in Philadelphia killed seven people and two days before that, a midair collision between an Army helicopter and a commercial airplane in Washington, D.C., killed 67 ...
Almost immediately after the crash, President Donald Trump publicly faulted the helicopter, which had a flight ceiling of 200 feet (61 meters), for flying too high. He also blamed federal ...
It’s unclear, though, if that led to the crash. Retired airline pilot John Cox, CEO of the aviation safety consulting firm Safety Operating Systems, said the helicopter’s pilots had accepted ...
Federal authorities are investigating after a helicopter crashed into a frozen lake Thursday in Idaho killing a pilot and injuring one passenger. The crash involved a Bell 505 and took place at ...
67 people were killed in the midair crash over the Potomac River in January Adam Carlson is the senior editor for human interest at PEOPLE, which he first joined in 2015. His work has also ...
The causes of the crash remain under investigation. The National Transportation Safety Board has said the helicopter was flying above its mandated 200-foot ceiling and that its crew was likely ...
Cockpit conversations a few minutes before the crash indicated conflicting altitude data, Homendy said, with the helicopter's pilot calling out that they were then at 300 feet, but the instructor ...
It has been just over two weeks since the crash that killed 67 people - three on board the military helicopter and 64 on board the airplane. NTSB Chairman Jennifer Homendy said that the on-scene ...
Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy stated that a recording from the Black Hawk helicopter cockpit suggests the crew missed a crucial directive just before the January 29 crash, which resulted in the ...