DC plane crash: NTSB on air traffic control tower staffing, last-second communications
The NTSB says when the Jan. 29 collision between a passenger plane and helicopter occurred, the air traffic control tower had ...
NTSB releases timeline of DC plane crash from recovered black box recorders
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a minute-by-minute report from the flight data and audio recorders ...
Soldier identified in DC plane crash; data shows helicopter may have been too high
A total of 67 people died in the Jan 29 tragedy between an American Airlines jet & an army chopper. Read more at straitstimes ...
Conflicting preliminary data raises questions about aircrafts' altitude at time of midair crash
Investigators hope to reconcile the altitude differences with data from the helicopter’s black box, which is taking more time ...
DC plane crash: Pilot identified, data reveals helicopter flew too high
The new detail retreived from the black box suggests the Army helicopter was flying above 200 feet (61 meters), the maximum altitude for the route it was using.