Reagan National Airport has long struggled to manage helicopter traffic, records show
On a fall afternoon, a Boeing passenger jet had just been cleared for takeoff at Reagan National Airport when the pilot saw a Bell helicopter lift off in a direction that would cross the plane’s path. The airplane pilot aborted the takeoff, overrunning the runway before coming to a stop on a grassy strip just 130 feet from the Potomac River.
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 Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. Wednesday night. A D.C. fire official said Thursday that “we don't think there are any survivors from this accident" and "we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation.
Investigators hope to reconcile the altitude differences with data from the helicopter’s black box, which is taking more time ...
Investigators are trying to determine why a U.S. Army helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet collided in the air ...
Investigators are intensifying their search into what caused the collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and an Army ...
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