Air Traffic Control Tower at Night

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.

U.S. News & World Report · 5h

Helicopter Crew in Collision With Plane May Not Have Heard Key Instruction From Tower, NTSB Says

Investigators say the crew of the helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines jet near Washington D

Newsweek on MSN · 4h

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.

The Daily Beast on MSN · 3h

Black Hawk Pilots Missed Key Message Before D.C. Plane Collision

Military helicopter pilots on a training flight over Washington, D.C., did not hear air traffic control directions to pass behind a passenger jet heading its way, investigators revealed on Friday. With American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita,

Yahoo · 3h

Black Hawk helicopter crew may not have heard traffic control instruction before Washington crash

A Black Hawk helicopter crew may not have heard key instructions from air traffic control before it struck an American Airlines jet near Washington DC a fortnight ago, according to black box data.

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Black Hawk Pilots May Not Have Heard Crucial Command From Air Traffic Control Before D.C. Midair Collision

The NTSB is turning the focus of its investigation into the Jan. 29 collision on what the Black Hawk pilots could see and ...

USA TODAY on MSN13d

'We have a lost aircraft': Philadelphia air traffic control tried to reach doomed plane

Air traffic control communications reveal the moments when controllers tried to reach a doomed jet in Philadelphia, which ...

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Air traffic controller shortage of 3,800 due to DEI practices cutting ‘too white, too elite’ candidates: lawyer

The FAA basically decided the students were too white and the schools too elite, so in 2013 knocked them off the preferred hiring list,” claimed lawyer Michael Pearson.

Newsweek13d

Air Traffic Control Staffing Issues in Spotlight After DC Plane Crash

The air traffic control tower at Reagan Washington National Airport, where the American Airlines plane was headed, was not fully staffed, with one traffic controller handling the jobs of two ...

Detroit Free Press13d

'We have a lost aircraft': listen to Philadelphia air traffic control audio before crash

PHILADELPHIA — Clues regarding the cause of an plane crash in the Northeast on Friday night weren't evident in recorded ...

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Air traffic control staffing 'not normal' during DC crash - officials

US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said there was a "consolidation of air traffic controllers an hour before it was ...

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