Black Hawk crew might not have heard tower instructions, NTSB says
The National Transportation Safety Board said the helicopter’s cockpit voice recorder didn’t capture key directions from air-traffic control and is investigating whether the crew might have seen a different altitude on the flight instruments.
US probing 'bad data' possibly used by Black Hawk crew before deadly crash, officials say
Transportation safety officials on Friday said they believe the crew of an Army Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into a passenger jet outside Washington, D.C., last month were wearing night vision goggles and possibly relying on inaccurate flight data moments before the fatal collision.
Donald Trump details 'very scary tapes' of crash between passenger plane and Black Hawk
A massive search operation is now focused on the nearby Potomac River after both aircraft plunged into the freezing water.
Helicopter Crew May Not Have Heard Key Instructions Before D.C. Crash
Officials at the National Transportation Safety Board said they are looking into the possibility that bad data caused inaccurate readings for the Black Hawk helicopter pilots in the January D.C. crash.
Black Hawk crew may not have heard message to 'pass behind' DC-bound plane before midair crash: NTSB
The NTSB said Army Black Hawk crew may not have heard a message to "pass behind" the D.C.-bound passenger plane before the Jan. 29 midair crash over the Potomac River.
DC Crash Update: Helicopter Crew May Not Have Heard Crucial Instructions
The Black Hawk was conducting a check flight, and the pilot was being tested on night vision goggle uses and instrument flying.
Helicopter crew might not have heard tower's instructions before crash, say investigators
Official tells reporters that recording from Black Hawk helicopter suggests incomplete radio transmission might have left crew without an understanding of how it should shift position
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Black Hawk safety system 'turned off' before horror mid-air crash that killed 67 in Washington DC
Senator Ted Cruz told reporters that the chopper's Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system was not on ...
DC plane crash: Ex-Black Hawk pilot shares three key issues she thinks caused horror crash
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Elizabeth McCormick, who flew Black Hawks for seven years until an injury forced her to retire, ...
Black Hawk crew might not have heard crucial tower instruction, NTSB says
The National Transportation Safety Board said the helicopter’s cockpit voice recorder didn’t capture key directions from ...
The True Story Behind Netflix’s ‘Surviving Black Hawk Down’ And The Battle Of Mogadishu
Following his award-winning film "Black Hawk Down," Ridley Scott’s new Netflix docuseries revisits the Battle of Mogadishu with firsthand accounts from those who lived it. Here’s what happened.
DC crash update as two airport workers arrested over 'leaked horror footage'
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) staffers are accused of making unauthorised copies of records of the Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet killed all 67 pe ...
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Surviving Black Hawk Down – true story behind new Netflix series
Surviving Black Hawk Down is a new Netflix docuseries exploring the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, with interviews from those who survived the devastating conflict. As per the synopsis, the documentary ...
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Black Hawk's tracking tech was turned off when it crashed into plane as mangled wreck is pulled from Potomac
Vital tracking technology inside an Army Black Hawk helicopter was turned off for 'no compelling reason' when it collided with a passenger plane over Washington DC last week. The Black Hawk ...
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What the Black Hawk Pilots Could See, Just Before the Crash
By Helmuth Rosales, K.K. Rebecca Lai, Mika Gröndahl and John Ismay What two Black Hawk pilots saw — or did not see — before the Jan. 29 crash along the Potomac River is unknown but critical ...