US EditionNTSB urges ban on some helicopter flights at Washington airport where 67 people died
- The January 29 collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines passenger airplane over Washington, D.C., killed all 67 people on board, making it the deadliest U.S. Air disaster since 2001.
- The National Transportation Safety Board reported that the helicopter was at 278 feet at the time of the collision, raising questions about the pilots’ altitude awareness.
- Senator Ted Cruz stated that NTSB officials indicated the helicopter's Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast technology was turned off during the crash.
- A tribute event for victims raised $1.2 million for families, including 28 members of the figure skating community who perished in the disaster.
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Close calls at Washington DC airport raise questions about why changes weren't made before crash - Seymour Tribune
While Congress pushed ahead last year with adding 10 new daily flights to Washington, D.C.’s Reagan National Airport, many looked past concerns about dangers in the congested skies over the nation’s capital. Squeezing in more flights would only increase the risks, said Virginia’s two senators, who called a near miss between two planes on a runway last April a “flashing red warning light.” What wasn’t publicly known at the time — and didn’t surfa…
Comment: Flying is still safe, but can be made safer
HeraldNet.com HeraldNet.com - Everett and Snohomish County news from The Daily Herald in Everett, Washington Fortunately, there’s a plan in place. What’s missing is predictable funding and quicker implementation. Comment: Flying is still safe, but can be made safer Wire Service
NTSB Makes 'Highly Unusual' Move Amid DC Plane Crash Investigation, 'Urgently' Recommends Major Change
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued an urgent call for action as a result of the Jan. 29 collision between a passenger jet and a helicopter near Ronald Reagan […] The post NTSB Makes 'Highly Unusual' Move Amid DC Plane Crash Investigation, 'Urgently' Recommends Major Change appeared first on The Western Journal.
'Near misses between planes and helicopters happened once a month at airport'
Rescue efforts on the Potomac River after American Airlines Flight 5342 collided mid-air with a US Army helicopter as the plane approached to land at Reagan National Airport, near Washington, DC (Picture: Getty Images) The airport near where an American Airlines plane and Black Hawk helicopter crashed has been found to have had close calls once a month and over 15,000 instances in the past three years. An investigative preliminary report on the …
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