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The family of Sam Lilley, the co-pilot of a January flight that collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., has become respected advocates for air safety.
The announcement comes a week after the National Transportation Safety Board grilled aviation officials about safety gaps in ...
Over three days of sometimes contentious hearings this week, the National Transportation Safety Board interrogated Federal ...
The NTSB concluded three days of investigative hearings into the collision between an Army helicopter and a passenger plane ...
Light pollution from Washington and the passenger jet’s dim lights might have contributed to difficulties spotting American ...
Investigators from the NTSB questioned experts from the FAA, U.S. Army, MIT and two airlines about technology pilots use to ...
Aviation experts told the National Safety Board that night vision goggles may have created viewing difficulties for the ...
Investigators from the NTSB questioned experts from the FAA, U.S. Army, MIT and two airlines about technology pilots use to avoid collisions.
Twenty seconds before impact, the alert system warned 'traffic, traffic.' The pilots were flying blind, unaware a Black Hawk was nearby ...
The NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy criticized the Federal Aviation Administration for not being able to prevent the American Airlines Flight 5342 and the U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter from colliding on ...
Long-standing concerns about military helicopters flying in crowded airspace and worries over short staffing among federal ...