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 ...

The Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into an American Airlines plane was alerted to the plane’s presence by air control twice, the first time at least two minutes before the deadly crash ...

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 ...

The air traffic control tower at Reagan National Airport was understaffed on Wednesday evening when a passenger plane and a military helicopter collided in midair, according to a government report ...

The clip shows how the US Army helicopter crashed into the American Eagle Flight 5342 A footage is going viral on social media platforms showing the air traffic control room screen, which appears ...

Investigators released new details regarding the U.S. Army helicopter that collided with American Airlines Flight 5342 Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a ...

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 ...

Investigators sought to learn whether the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter had been flying outside of its designated path, as well as whether late-night staffing at the airport’s air traffic control ...

The Black Hawk helicopter which collided with a passenger plane above Washington DC was training for a hypothetical evacuation of US leaders at the time, according to US officials. Three soldiers ...

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 ...

The new detail suggests the Army helicopter was flying above 200 feet (61 meters), the maximum altitude for the route it was using. Preliminary data indicates the control tower's radar showed the ...

President Trump on Friday asserted the military helicopter involved in Wednesday night’s deadly midair collision near Washington, D.C., was “flying too high.” “The Blackhawk helicopter was ...