Passenger Jet Turned Upward Just Before Deadly Collision
Transportation safety investigators are seeking to determine if the pilots of the American Airlines plane detected danger just before the midair crash with a helicopter.
Pilots tried to pull passenger jet’s nose up within seconds of deadly DC helicopter collision, preliminary NTSB data shows
The American Airlines flight involved in the deadly collision with a Black Hawk helicopter over Washington, DC, seemed to increase its pitch just before the impact, preliminary data from a voice data recorder recovered from the plane shows.
What is known about the deadly collision between a passenger jet and Army helicopter
An American Airlines jet hit an Army helicopter carrying three soldiers as the plane got ready to land at Reagan National. The two aircraft went into the Potomac River outside
What to Know About the Passenger Jet, Army Helicopter Collision Near Washington, D.C.
Air traffic controller audio TIME retrieved from LiveATC.net revealed what happened moments before the collision. The tower had cleared the plane for landing on Runway 33, but just seconds before the crash, an air traffic operator asked the helicopter—with radio call sign PAT 25—if the commercial jet—referred to as the CRJ—was in sight.
Radar Showed Army Helicopter Flying Lower Than Jet Before Crash
Air-traffic control radar appears to have measured a US Army helicopter flying at a lower altitude than an American Airlines Group Inc. jet before the two collided near Washington, DC, on Wednesday, National Transportation Safety Board officials said.
Recovery of DC jet wreckage begins as investigators review new information
Just offshore of the towering national monuments of Washington, a tall crane now hovers over the Potomac River. It casts a ...
Salvage crews remove large portion of jet from D.C. river after deadly crash
Salvage crews have removed from the Potomac River a large part of the commercial jet that was involved in a deadly midair ...
Victims in crash of medical jet, including girl patient, in Pennsylania identified
The six people aboard a medical jet, including the pediatric patient, that crashed shortly upon takeoff in North Philadelphia ...
Philadelphia plane crash victims identified by jet company, investigators find cockpit voice recorder
Mayor Cherelle Parker said five people are still hospitalized following a fatal medical jet crash in Northeast Philadelphia, ...
7 dead, including child, in medical jet crash near Philadelphia mall
A medical transport plane, carrying a child, her mother and four other people, crashed in Philadelphia Friday night near a ...
Philadelphia plane crash investigators recover medical jet's black box
The National Transportation Safety Board has recovered two importance pieces from the wreckage of the medevac plane that ...
Medical jet crashes near Roosevelt Mall in Northeast Philadelphia in fiery scene
The Learjet 55 departed from Northeast Philadelphia Airport just after 6 p.m. and crashed moments later near the mall, flight ...
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Salvage crews recover engine, large portion of jet from river after deadly air collision near DC
Crews are on the scene on the Potomac River to retrieve the submerged wreckage of an airliner and an Army helicopter that ...
A passenger jet exploded nearly 30 years ago. How families of aircraft disaster victims are treated was forever changed
In the days following the collision of a military helicopter and a passenger jet in Washington, DC, and the crash of a ...