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Military chopper traffic over Washington was a worry leading up to fatal midair crash, NTSB hears

It is the second of three days of witness testimony and public inquiry by the National Transportation Safety Board into ...

Washington Air Crash: Broken altimeter, ignored warnings: Hearings reveal what went wrong in DC crash that killed 67

An NTSB investigation into a fatal helicopter-airplane collision in D.C. revealed a faulty helicopter altimeter and prior ...
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What NTSB hearings revealed about the Washington mid-air collision that killed 67

The National Transportation Safety Board wrapped up a three-day investigative hearing into the mid-air collision between a ...

NTSB hearing reveals air traffic controllers should have warned passenger plane about helicopter before collision, but didn’t

The National Transportation Safety Board will question witnesses Thursday about air traffic control training, a key part of ...

NTSB launches hearings on deadly Washington collision between a helicopter and passenger plane

Three days of investigative hearings on the deadly midair collision over Washington in January begin Wednesday and aim to ...
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Lawmakers Call FCC ‘Flawed’ After Deadly Washington DC Flight Accident Investigation

The NTSB found that a Black Hawk helicopter was at the wrong altitude in a fatal midair collision over Washington, D.C., due ...

Less than a second before hitting a passenger jet, helicopter instructor told pilot to change course, NTSB hearing reveals

The first of the National Transportation Safety Board’s three days of investigative hearings is underway to help determine ...