Helicopter
A US Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Honduras, Central America, on March 5. According to the US Army, “Pilots flying a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter made a precautionary emergency landing approximately five miles east of Soto Cano Air Base at 9:34 a.m. today.” “All five crew members were evaluated by medical personnel, and no […]
A Black Hawk helicopter utilized by the U.S. Army has crashed in Honduras while trying to make a precautionary emergency landing on March 5, according to the news outlet Interesting Engineering (IE). Newsweek reached out to the U.S. Army for comment via email outside of business hours. A U.S. Black Hawk helicopter landing to pick […]
A US Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Honduras, Central America, on March 5. According to the US Army, “Pilots flying a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter made a precautionary emergency landing approximately five miles east of Soto Cano Air Base at 9:34 a.m. today.” “All five crew members were evaluated by medical personnel, and no […]
A massive search and rescue effort was underway after an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided midair with an American Airlines jet at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday evening. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet collided in midair with a Sikorsky UH-60 helicopter while on […]
National Transportation Safety Board officials said on Friday that they were investigating what appeared to be confused communications inside the cockpit of an Army Black Hawk helicopter moments before colliding with an American Airlines jet last month near Ronald Reagan National Airport. N.T.S.B. investigators are still trying to determine whether and how the miscommunications contributed […]
The crew of the helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines jet near Washington D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport might not have heard instructions from the air traffic controller to pass behind the plane, investigators said Friday. National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said the recording from the Black Hawk helicopter cockpit suggests […]
The crew of an Army helicopter, which collided with an American Airlines near Washington DC, may have read the wrong altitude before the crash and missed radio communications, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. A passenger jet and a Black Hawk helicopter that collided in midair on the night of January 29 and crashed […]
CNN — A preliminary analysis of the flight data and voice recorder on board a Black Hawk helicopter leading up to its collision with a commuter plane in Washington, DC. on January 29, indicated the helicopter’s altimeter may have been inaccurate and the pilots may not have heard some calls from the Reagan National Airport […]
All of the “major” pieces of wreckage from the collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines Flight 5342 have been cleared from the Potomac River, officials said. The recovered pieces were moved to “a secure airport facility for further examination and documentation,” the National Transportation Safety Board said on Saturday. The federal agency […]
The U.S. Army has identified two of the three service members who were killed Wednesday when their helicopter crashed into an American Airlines flight over the Potomac River. They were identified as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves, 39, of Great Mills, Md., pictured left, and Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin O’Hara, 28, of Lilburn, […]