Recent aviation disasters cause fears about the safety of flying
The spate of recent aviation disasters and close calls have people worried about the safety of flying. The midair collision ...
What the Black Hawk Pilots Could See, Just Before the Crash
A 3-D model created by The Times visualizes the helicopter pilots’ field of view minutes before a fatal crash with a jet in ...
Approach for Reagan National’s Runway 33 is within feet of helicopter corridor
A Washington Post analysis of FAA maps shows the proximity of the flight path to a helicopter “tunnel” at a midair crossroads ...
A timeline of last week’s air disaster in Washington, the deadliest in the US since 2001
It has been nearly a week since a commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter collided in midair near Washington’s Ronald ...
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Remains of all 67 victims of the midair collision near DC recovered as NTSB probes altitude data
Crews worked Tuesday to try to recover the plane’s cockpit and the rest of the remains of the 67 people who died in the ...
Hundreds of south Sacramento SMUD customers report outage, possible downed wires in area
At least 1,475 SMUD customers in south Sacramento reported a power outage on Friday afternoon. SMUD said crews are responding to downed wires reported on Stockton Boulevard at Lemon Hill Avenue. It is ...
The humble beginnings of National Airport
Built on a swamp with a busy road going right through it, what’s now Ronald Reagan National Airport was initially lampooned ...
Criss-Crossing Routes in D.C. Airspace Leave Little Room for Error
A deadly midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan National ...
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Helicopters fly within feet of planes at Reagan: 'Can’t there be better routing?'
Radio traffic shows the air traffic controller did confirm with the helicopter that it had the airplane in sight two ...
Maps show how D.C. plane crash occurred in Reagan National’s congested airspace
Pilots who land at Reagan National face a unique set of complications, including short runways, scores of helicopters and a mountain-size no-fly zone.
The deadly midair crash over D.C. area in charts and maps
Investigators are searching for answers after the midair collision that killed 67 people near Washington, D.C.
American Airlines plane, Army helicopter collide outside Reagan National Airport near Washington DC
An American Airlines plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter outside ...