Shaffer, 35, was a passenger on the American Airlines jet that collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter crashing into ...

National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy speaks during a news conference Friday in Washington about the fatal Black Hawk-jet collision on Jan. 29. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP ...

Black Hawk pilots may not have heard a critical directive from air traffic control to fly behind the American Airlines plane in the seconds before it collided with the jet, and may have had “bad ...

The Black Hawk pilots who collided with an American Airlines plane last month may not have heard vital information given by air traffic control to fly behind the passenger jet seconds before the ...

A preliminary analysis of the flight data and voice recorder on board a Black Hawk helicopter leading up to the collision with a commercial flight over Washington, DC, on January 29, indicated the ...

Officials confirmed the crew of the Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines passenger plane near Ronald Reagan Washington International Airport may not have known ...

On Jan. 29, an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided as the plane prepared to land at Washington D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport.

The crew of the Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided in midair with an American Airlines jet over Washington, D.C., and crashed into the Potomac River might not have heard instructions from an ...

The radio altimeter on board the Black Hawk at the time of the deadly midair collision read 278 feet, Homendy said. That altimeter uses a radio beam to show the helicopter’s altitude above ...

The Black Hawk struck the CRJ700 at 20:48 as the passenger jet was moments from landing at Reagan National. The collision sent both aircraft plummeting in the Potomac River, killing all 64 people ...

The incident is still under investigation following a military Black Hawk helicopter colliding with an American Airlines commercial flight before both aircraft went down into the Potomac River.

WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Transportation safety officials on Friday said they believe the crew of an Army Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into a passenger jet outside Washington ...