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Deadly DC plane crash was years in the making, air traffic manager tells NTSB
The NTSB concluded three days of investigative hearings into the collision between an Army helicopter and a passenger plane ...
NTSB hearing reveals air traffic controllers should have warned passenger plane about helicopter before collision, but didn’t
The National Transportation Safety Board will question witnesses Thursday about air traffic control training, a key part of ...
Night vision goggles may have hampered helicopter pilots before crash with jet, experts tell NTSB
The goggles also limited the pilots' peripheral vision as they flew near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
‘Least safe it has ever been’: NTSB witness says of DCA airspace
A witness criticized the safety of Ronald Reagan National Airport’s airspace since a mid-air crash in January during day two ...
Army helicopter that crashed with commercial plane in DC was flying above altitude limit: NTSB
The Army helicopter that collided with a plane over D.C. in January had incorrect altitude readings, contributing to the ...
Truck driver was on his phone during I-95 crash that killed 5, NTSB says
Investigators have not said what caused the truck to slam into slowed traffic near a construction zone in Wilson County, NC, ...
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What NTSB hearings revealed about the Washington mid-air collision that killed 67
The National Transportation Safety Board wrapped up a three-day investigative hearing into the mid-air collision between a ...
NTSB questions flight training procedures as it probes DC plane crash
The National Transportation Safety Board, during hearings on Thursday, grilled officials from the Army, air traffic ...
Aircraft in DCA collision lacked certain anti-collision systems, NTSB says
NTSB investigators found Friday that the aircraft involved in the mid-air collision over DCA lacked certain collision ...