NTSB blames DC midair collision on systemic failures
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A terrifying visual simulation recreated the minutes leading up to the tragic collision of an American Airs flight and a Black Hawk helicopter that claimed 67 lives […]
Using Microsoft's Flight Simulator 2024, the independent federal agency was able to model what happened in the moments before the crash for both the Black Hawk belonging to the US Army's 12th Aviation Battalion and the American Airlines medium-haul aircraft.
The helicopter was mistakenly looking at a different plane, officials said at a new hearing, noting air traffic control involved could have issued more specific guidance
A digital recreation of the fatal January 2025 collision between a PSA Airlines CRJ700 and US Army Black Hawk helicopter over Washington shows the military rotorcraft was nearly impossible to see against city lights when the crash occurred.
American Airlines Flight 5342 investigators have released some very troubling footage a year after the fatal helicopter collision.
The NTSB released on Wednesday its preliminary report into the helicopter’s collision with a slackline, including new information that a second helicopter came dangerously close to the same line about an hour after the crash.
Shortly after the crash, another helicopter flew near the slackline, the National Transportation Safety Board investigation report said.